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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3968 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-11-26
Updated:
2019-11-26

RHSA-2019:3968 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: qemu-kvm-ma security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for qemu-kvm-ma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-ma packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM on the IBM z Systems, IBM Power, and 64-bit ARM architectures.

Security Fix(es):

  • QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly (CVE-2019-14378)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1734745 - CVE-2019-14378 QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly

CVEs

  • CVE-2019-14378

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
s390x
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6d78eee046c85d1118c04fa49956e802131443804a0794af006936c5413215b3
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dbdc27c45ddc8c1eea558aae6581e2e15d32a2260b61b01d93ffed71d46e0747
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1ad4a4dae34190b5f6e5c63af915c0b135837b7ccf79e5425eb8cc13b6a67450
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2741dbc528e93d15fbc9d36ef602829d4a9dff73e4ed0853d3bd1920de4971d2
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9aad2595556a163d434ac680c4769786e2bcc564b6b313b57be11036eccb2729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
s390x
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6d78eee046c85d1118c04fa49956e802131443804a0794af006936c5413215b3
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dbdc27c45ddc8c1eea558aae6581e2e15d32a2260b61b01d93ffed71d46e0747
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1ad4a4dae34190b5f6e5c63af915c0b135837b7ccf79e5425eb8cc13b6a67450
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2741dbc528e93d15fbc9d36ef602829d4a9dff73e4ed0853d3bd1920de4971d2
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9aad2595556a163d434ac680c4769786e2bcc564b6b313b57be11036eccb2729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b0a702edb86531ddac6afc7abcaf7a8951c096854a8b5dff75924c11915d53ab
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea6ed942d92a337b776cb8124ee0255f4db560e196e7acf92df8615952e923a
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 93f253e174b89b555c74409b6eb389a06cf6c385a6491f20b19c460cdc6129f2
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8c46672efdc5ad455e747110e93decde832b9bbe53083513fc555ee946edf864

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b0a702edb86531ddac6afc7abcaf7a8951c096854a8b5dff75924c11915d53ab
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea6ed942d92a337b776cb8124ee0255f4db560e196e7acf92df8615952e923a
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 93f253e174b89b555c74409b6eb389a06cf6c385a6491f20b19c460cdc6129f2
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8c46672efdc5ad455e747110e93decde832b9bbe53083513fc555ee946edf864

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64le
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f1f36488844805fc51c32856cceca4c43dd8b259e3c8e45abd0ac8809f333070
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ba3616efac11d67b85518c7a2ba4d5ff6a3f3e973299be5846cfc35732bbdf19
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c3b12144f958ef8dd62013e7aab950c28ef19f5bccefdd5eecc8dedaefc38d4c
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7acb3abdf80658f3e127c05ec203a2151c1624d44dc96dbbc71085dcd72f19a9
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: adf147e70bef65d1957dbadaffb3784786b87348bec77bf932e9ffc96943cad6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64le
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f1f36488844805fc51c32856cceca4c43dd8b259e3c8e45abd0ac8809f333070
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ba3616efac11d67b85518c7a2ba4d5ff6a3f3e973299be5846cfc35732bbdf19
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c3b12144f958ef8dd62013e7aab950c28ef19f5bccefdd5eecc8dedaefc38d4c
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7acb3abdf80658f3e127c05ec203a2151c1624d44dc96dbbc71085dcd72f19a9
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: adf147e70bef65d1957dbadaffb3784786b87348bec77bf932e9ffc96943cad6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
s390x
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6d78eee046c85d1118c04fa49956e802131443804a0794af006936c5413215b3
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dbdc27c45ddc8c1eea558aae6581e2e15d32a2260b61b01d93ffed71d46e0747
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1ad4a4dae34190b5f6e5c63af915c0b135837b7ccf79e5425eb8cc13b6a67450
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2741dbc528e93d15fbc9d36ef602829d4a9dff73e4ed0853d3bd1920de4971d2
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9aad2595556a163d434ac680c4769786e2bcc564b6b313b57be11036eccb2729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64le
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f1f36488844805fc51c32856cceca4c43dd8b259e3c8e45abd0ac8809f333070
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ba3616efac11d67b85518c7a2ba4d5ff6a3f3e973299be5846cfc35732bbdf19
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c3b12144f958ef8dd62013e7aab950c28ef19f5bccefdd5eecc8dedaefc38d4c
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7acb3abdf80658f3e127c05ec203a2151c1624d44dc96dbbc71085dcd72f19a9
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: adf147e70bef65d1957dbadaffb3784786b87348bec77bf932e9ffc96943cad6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b0a702edb86531ddac6afc7abcaf7a8951c096854a8b5dff75924c11915d53ab
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea6ed942d92a337b776cb8124ee0255f4db560e196e7acf92df8615952e923a
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 93f253e174b89b555c74409b6eb389a06cf6c385a6491f20b19c460cdc6129f2
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 655859700f66475250c6b18b2e917faad160532ef3d931d95b58fa6008e60fd6
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8c46672efdc5ad455e747110e93decde832b9bbe53083513fc555ee946edf864

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: f7924b052176cfd8bbedb8366bff885960ef9918574de5600cea62efcfa8091f
ppc64le
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f1f36488844805fc51c32856cceca4c43dd8b259e3c8e45abd0ac8809f333070
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ba3616efac11d67b85518c7a2ba4d5ff6a3f3e973299be5846cfc35732bbdf19
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c3b12144f958ef8dd62013e7aab950c28ef19f5bccefdd5eecc8dedaefc38d4c
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7acb3abdf80658f3e127c05ec203a2151c1624d44dc96dbbc71085dcd72f19a9
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: adf147e70bef65d1957dbadaffb3784786b87348bec77bf932e9ffc96943cad6

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