Scientific Linux alert SLSA-2015:1793-1 (qemu-kvm)

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Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov> 
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<scientific-linux-errata@listserv.fnal.gov> 
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Security ERRATA Moderate: qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 
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Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:26:04 +0000
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<20150915192604.32679.52723@slpackages.fnal.gov>
Synopsis:          Moderate: qemu-kvm security fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2015:1793-1
Issue Date:        2015-09-15
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2015-5165
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An information leak flaw was found in the way QEMU's RTL8139 emulation
implementation processed network packets under RTL8139 controller's C+
mode of operation. An unprivileged guest user could use this flaw to read
up to 65 KB of uninitialized QEMU heap memory. (CVE-2015-5165)

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.
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SL7
  x86_64
    libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.i686.rpm
    libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-img-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.i686.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.i686.rpm
    libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm
    libcacard-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.6.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team