Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20160997
Revision Date:2016-05-10Version:635
Title:RHSA-2016:0997: qemu-kvm security update (Important)
Description:KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA emulation with VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) support performed read/write operations via I/O port methods. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the host's QEMU process. (CVE-2016-3710)

    Red Hat would like to thank Wei Xiao (360 Marvel Team) and Qinghao Tang (360 Marvel Team) for reporting this issue.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-3710
    RHSA-2016:0997
    RHSA-2016:0997-01
    RHSA-2016:0997-02
    RHSA-2016:0997-03
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • qemu-guest-agent is earlier than 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1
  • AND qemu-guest-agent is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-img is earlier than 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1
  • AND qemu-img is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-kvm is earlier than 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1
  • AND qemu-kvm is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-kvm-tools is earlier than 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1
  • AND qemu-kvm-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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