QID 750120

QID 750120: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1893-1)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: - cve-2020-25085: fix out-of-bounds access issue while doing multi block sdma (bsc#1176681) - cve-2020-10756: fix out-of-bounds read information disclosure in icmp6_send_echoreply(bsc#1172380) - fix issue where s390 guest fails to find zipl boot menu index (bsc#1183979) - qemu bios fails to read stage2 loader on s390x (bsc#1186290) - host cpu microcode revision will be visible inside vms when the proper cpu-model is used (jsc#sle-17785): - for the record, these issues are fixed in this package already.
Most are alternate references to previously mentioned issues: (cve-2019-15890, bsc#1149813, cve-2020-8608, bsc#1163019, cve-2020-14364, bsc#1175534, cve-2020-25707, bsc#1178683, cve-2020-25723, bsc#1178935, cve-2020-29130, bsc#1179477, cve-2020-29129, bsc#1179484, cve-2021-20257, bsc#1182846, cve-2021-3419, bsc#1182975)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:1893-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:1893-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-June/008949.html