Security update for kvm
This update for kvm fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-12617: qmp_guest_file_read had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket causing DoS (bsc#1098735) - CVE-2018-11806: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow via incoming fragmented datagrams (bsc#1096223) With this release the mitigations for Spectre v4 are moved the the patches from upstream (CVE-2018-3639, bsc#1092885).
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for kvm fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-12617: qmp_guest_file_read had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket causing DoS (bsc#1098735) - CVE-2018-11806: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow via incoming fragmented datagrams (bsc#1096223) With this release the mitigations for Spectre v4 are moved the the patches from upstream (CVE-2018-3639, bsc#1092885).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092885
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096223
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098735
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11806
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12617
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182615-1/