qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities

qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu-kvm, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. ebuild 2012-10-18 2012-10-18 364889 365259 372411 373997 400595 430456 remote 1.1.1-r1 1.1.1-r1

qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

These vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition on the host server or qemu process, might allow for arbitrary code execution or a symlink attack when qemu-kvm is in snapshot mode.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All qemu-kvm users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-kvm-1.1.1-r1"

CVE-2011-1750 CVE-2011-1751 CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2512 CVE-2012-0029 CVE-2012-2652 craig craig