Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20171430
Revision Date:2017-06-13Version:636
Title:RHSA-2017:1430: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (Important)
Description:Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm package provides the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • An out-of-bounds r/w access issue was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability could occur while copying VGA data via various bitblt functions. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2017-7980)

  • An out-of-bounds access issue was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability could occur while copying VGA data using bitblt functions (for example, cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_). A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in denial of service. (CVE-2017-7718)

    Red Hat would like to thank Jiangxin (PSIRT Huawei Inc) and Li Qiang (Qihoo 360 Gear Team) for reporting CVE-2017-7980 and Jiangxin (PSIRT Huawei Inc) for reporting CVE-2017-7718.

    Bug Fix(es):

  • Previously, guest virtual machines in some cases became unresponsive when the "pty" back end of a serial device performed an irregular I/O communication. This update improves the handling of serial I/O on guests, which prevents the described problem from occurring. (BZ#1452332)
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7718
    CVE-2017-7980
    RHSA-2017:1430
    RHSA-2017:1430-00
    RHSA-2017:1430-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • qemu-img is earlier than 10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9
  • AND qemu-img is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-kvm is earlier than 10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9
  • AND qemu-kvm is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-kvm-common is earlier than 10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9
  • AND qemu-kvm-common is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • qemu-kvm-tools is earlier than 10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9
  • AND qemu-kvm-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK