openSUSE Security Update: kvm ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0803-1 Rating: important References: #701161 #702823 Cross-References: CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2512 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update. Description: A privileged guest user could cause a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem of the host, therefore crashing the guest or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host (CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch kvm-4863 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch kvm-4863 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): kvm-0.14.0.0-1.10.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]: kvm-0.12.5-1.8.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2212.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2512.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/701161 https://bugzilla.novell.com/702823