Scientific Linux alert SLSA-2016:0082-1 (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 Important: qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 
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Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:15:41 +0000
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<20160128181541.4613.8006@slpackages.fnal.gov>
Synopsis:          Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2016:0082-1
Issue Date:        2016-01-28
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2016-1714
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An out-of-bounds read/write flaw was discovered in the way QEMU's Firmware
Configuration device emulation processed certain firmware configurations.
A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the
QEMU process instance or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host
with privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2016-1714)

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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SL6
  x86_64
    qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team