QID 750904

Date Published: 2021-08-02

QID 750904: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:2563-1)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: security issues fixed: - cve-2021-3595: fixed slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (tftp) (bsc#1187366) - cve-2021-3592: fix for slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (bootp) (bsc#1187364) - cve-2021-3594: fix for slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (udp) (bsc#1187367) - cve-2021-3593: fix for slirp: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (udp6) (bsc#1187365) - cve-2021-3611: fix intel-hda segmentation fault due to stack overflow (bsc#1187529)

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 Medium - 3.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 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-2021:2563-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:2563-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-July/009229.html