openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0207-1 (kvm)

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openSUSE-SU-2012:0207-1: moderate: kvm: fixing initgroups bug and e1000 emulation overflow (CVE-2011-2527,CVE-2012-0029) 
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Thu,  9 Feb 2012 19:09:50 +0100 (CET)
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   openSUSE Security Update: kvm: fixing initgroups bug and e1000 emulation overflow
(CVE-2011-2527,CVE-2012-0029)
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0207-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #705304 #740165 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2527 CVE-2012-0029
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   A missing initgroups() call for the -runas option has been
   fixed  in kvm (CVE-2011-2527) as well as a buffer overflow
   in the e1000 device emulation (CVE-2012-0029).


Special Instructions and Notes:

   Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch kvm-5706

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      kvm-0.14.0.0-1.14.2


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2527.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0029.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/705304
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/740165