SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183555-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2018-10-29T16:28:31Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:04:03.571296Z
Summary
Security update for qemu
Details

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-12617: qmpguestfile_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).

This feature was added:

  • Add support for block resize support for disks through the monitor (bsc#1094725).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3

qemu

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "qemu-x86": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-curl": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-kvm": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-ipxe": "1.0.0-6.19.11",
            "qemu-sgabios": "8-6.19.11",
            "qemu-vgabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11",
            "qemu": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-tools": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-seabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3

qemu

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "qemu-ipxe": "1.0.0-6.19.11",
            "qemu-arm": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-iscsi": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-ppc": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-ssh": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-kvm": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-s390": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-sgabios": "8-6.19.11",
            "qemu-guest-agent": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-lang": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-curl": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-rbd": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-tools": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-vgabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11",
            "qemu": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-x86": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-seabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "qemu-ipxe": "1.0.0-6.19.11",
            "qemu-arm": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-iscsi": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-ppc": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-ssh": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-kvm": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-s390": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-sgabios": "8-6.19.11",
            "qemu-guest-agent": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-lang": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-curl": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-block-rbd": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-tools": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-vgabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11",
            "qemu": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-x86": "2.9.1-6.19.11",
            "qemu-seabios": "1.10.2-6.19.11"
        }
    ]
}