Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools, qemu-img-rhev security and bug fix update
Updated qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools, and qemu-img-rhev packages are now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-4344US | high7.2 | — | ||
Buffer overflow in the SCSI implementation in QEMU, as used in Xen, when a SCSI controller has more than 256 attached devices, allows local users to gain privileges via a small tra… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754self
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importantexternal
- 1001436external
- 1007330external
- 1010930external
- 877240external
- 987725external
- 987745external
remediations (5)
- Fixedqemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64 as a component of RHEV Agents (vdsm)
All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users with deployed virtualization hosts are advised to install these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754 - Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.src as a component of RHEV Agents (vdsm)
All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users with deployed virtualization hosts are advised to install these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754 - Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64 as a component of RHEV Agents (vdsm)
All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users with deployed virtualization hosts are advised to install these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754 - Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64 as a component of RHEV Agents (vdsm)
All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users with deployed virtualization hosts are advised to install these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754 - Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6.x86_64 as a component of RHEV Agents (vdsm)
All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users with deployed virtualization hosts are advised to install these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1754
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