SUSE-SU-2018:2556-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2556-1

    Published: 30 Aug 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for qemu

    Details: This update for qemu fixes the following security issues: - 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).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182556-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092885, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096223, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098735, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11806, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12617, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-48.43.3

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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