SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1

    Published: 4 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for kvm

    Details: This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Also a mitigation for a security flaw 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) Security fixes have been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180019-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026612, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2633, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kvm

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.2-60.6.1

    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
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