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SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1 Not scored

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - 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). This feature was added: - Add support for block resize support for disks through the monitor (bsc#1094725).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 29, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 qemu

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - 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). This feature was added: - Add support for block resize support for disks through the monitor (bsc#1094725).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence