[RHSA-2015:1087-01] Important: qemu-kvm security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2015:1087-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1087.html
Issue date:        2015-06-10
CVE Names:         CVE-2015-3209 
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1. Summary:

Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. The qemu-kvm package provides the
user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.

A flaw was found in the way QEMU's AMD PCnet Ethernet emulation handled
multi-TMD packets with a length above 4096 bytes. A privileged guest user
in a guest with an AMD PCNet ethernet card enabled could potentially use
this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the
hosting QEMU process. (CVE-2015-3209)

Red Hat would like to thank Matt Tait of Google's Project Zero security
team for reporting this issue.

All qemu-kvm users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this
update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines
have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1225882 - CVE-2015-3209 qemu: pcnet: multi-tmd buffer overflow in the tx path

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.src.rpm

i386:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.src.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.src.rpm

i386:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.src.rpm

i386:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.i686.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3209
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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