SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5715
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-5715

    Summary: Security update for qemu

    Details: This update for qemu fixes the following issues: A new feature was added: - Support EPYC vCPU type (bsc#1052825 fate#324038) Also a mitigation for a security problem 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)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180007-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052825, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.1-6.9.2

    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