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Posted on 12 March 2013
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0639-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0639.html
Issue date: 2013-03-12
CVE Names: CVE-2012-6075
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1. Summary:
Updated qemu-kvm-rhev packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom.
The Red Hat Security Response Team 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:
OpenStack Folsom - 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-rhev packages form the
user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.
A flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM emulated the e1000 network interface
card when the host was configured to accept jumbo network frames, and a
guest using the e1000 emulated driver was not. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
root privileges in the guest. (CVE-2012-6075)
All users of qemu-kvm-rhev are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which 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.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
889301 - CVE-2012-6075 qemu: e1000 driver buffer overflow when processing large packets when SBP and LPE flags are disabled
6. Package List:
OpenStack Folsom:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/qemu-kvm-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2.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/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-6075.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
