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Posted on 06 August 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: qemu-kvm-ma security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2166-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166
Issue date: 2019-08-06
CVE Names: CVE-2018-17963 CVE-2019-6501
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1. Summary:
An update for qemu-kvm-ma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64
3. Description:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-ma packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM on the IBM z
Systems, IBM Power, and 64-bit ARM architectures.
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size (CVE-2018-17963)
* QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry request
(CVE-2019-6501)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1636777 - CVE-2018-17963 QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size
1668160 - CVE-2019-6501 QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry request
1678898 - Run iotests in rhel77 qemu-kvm-ma build %check phase
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.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-2018-17963
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6501
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
