SUSE-SU-2016:0021-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0021-1

    Published: 5 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for qemu

    Details: This update fixes the following security issues: - Enforce receive packet size, thus eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue. (bsc#957162 CVE-2015-7512) - Infinite loop in processing command block list. CVE-2015-8345 (bsc#956829): Also a non-security bug fixed: - Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and bsc#953187)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160021-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/947164, https://bugzilla.suse.com/953187, https://bugzilla.suse.com/956829, https://bugzilla.suse.com/957162, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-48.12.1

    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