SUSE-SU-2012:1320-1: important: Security update for qemu

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Tue Oct 9 13:08:33 MDT 2012


   SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1320-1
Rating:             important
References:         #740165 #777084 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-0029 CVE-2012-3515
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The qemu vt100 emulation was affected by a problem where
   specific vt100  sequences could have been used by guest
   users to affect the host.  (CVE-2012-3515 aka XSA-17).

   CVE-2012-0029: A buffer overflow in the e1000 device
   emulation was fixed

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-3515
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3515
   >
   * CVE-2012-0029
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0029
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2:

      zypper in -t patch slestso12-qemu-6852

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 (x86_64):

      qemu-0.10.1-0.5.7.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0029.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/740165
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777084
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=86d45c23c62093dbb012d29f065b7abe



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