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
2026-03-11T07:00:38Z
Summary
Security update for qemu
Details

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • 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).

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
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

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

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1.json"
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
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

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

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1.json"
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
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1-6.19.11

Ecosystem specific 

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

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3555-1.json"