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SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1 Not scored

Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Also a mitigation for a security flaw has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032) Security fixes have been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 4, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 kvm

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Also a mitigation for a security flaw has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032) Security fixes have been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence