SUSE-SU-2015:0896-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0896-1

    Published: 12 May 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for qemu

    Details: qemu / kvm was updated to fix a security issue and some bugs. Security issue fixed: * CVE-2015-3456: Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. * CVE-2015-1779: Fixed insufficient resource limiting in the VNC websockets decoder. Bugs fixed: - qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue (bsc#886378) - Update kvm-supported.txt with the current rbd support status. - enable rbd build on x86_64 (qemu-block-rbd package) (FATE#318349)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150896-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/886378, https://bugzilla.suse.com/924018, https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1779, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-46.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High