gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-37.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-37">
  <title>QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of
    which could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">qemu</product>
  <announced>December 24, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 24, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>528922</bug>
  <bug>529030</bug>
  <bug>531666</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-emulation/qemu" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.2-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.2-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code,
      cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or
      bypass security restrictions.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-emulation/qemu-2.1.2-r2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3689">CVE-2014-3689</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7840">CVE-2014-7840</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8106">CVE-2014-8106</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 22 Dec 2014 03:02:15 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 24 Dec 2014 20:51:55 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
</glsa>