Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10028)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the JAZZ RC4030 device. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8667)

Jann Horn discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to access files on the host file system outside of the shared directory and possibly escalate their privileges. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-9602)

Gerd Hoffmann discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device when being used with a VNC connection. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile.
(CVE-2016-9603)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to leak contents of host memory. (CVE-2016-9908)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9912, CVE-2017-5552, CVE-2017-5578)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-9914)

Jiang Xin and Wjjzhang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-5987)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI controller emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6505).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-49 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A privileged user/process within a guest QEMU environment can cause a       Denial of Service condition against the QEMU guest process or the host.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

- CVE-2016-6836: vmxnet: Information leakage in     vmxnet3_complete_packet (bz #1366370)

  - CVE-2016-7909: pcnet: Infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr     (bz #1381196)

  - CVE-2016-7994: virtio-gpu: memory leak in     resource_create_2d (bz #1382667)

  - CVE-2016-8577: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read     (bz #1383286)

  - CVE-2016-8578: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs     routines (bz #1383292)

  - CVE-2016-8668: OOB buffer access in rocker switch     emulation (bz #1384898)

  - CVE-2016-8669: divide by zero error in     serial_update_parameters (bz #1384911)

  - CVE-2016-8909: intel-hda: infinite loop in dma buffer     stream (bz #1388053)

  - Infinite loop vulnerability in a9_gtimer_update (bz     #1388300)

  - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100: memory leakage at device unplug     (bz #1389539)

  - CVE-2016-9103: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr (bz     #1389643)

  - CVE-2016-9102: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating     extended attribute (bz #1389551)

  - CVE-2016-9104: 9pfs: integer overflow leading to OOB     access (bz #1389687)

  - CVE-2016-9105: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_link (bz     #1389704)

  - CVE-2016-9106: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_write (bz     #1389713)

  - CVE-2016-9381: xen: incautious about shared ring     processing (bz #1397385)

  - CVE-2016-9921: Divide by zero vulnerability in     cirrus_do_copy (bz #1399054)

  - CVE-2016-9776: infinite loop while receiving data in     mcf_fec_receive (bz #1400830)

  - CVE-2016-9845: information leakage in     virgl_cmd_get_capset_info (bz #1402247)

  - CVE-2016-9846: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating     cursor data (bz #1402258)

  - CVE-2016-9907: usbredir: memory leakage when destroying     redirector (bz #1402266)

  - CVE-2016-9911: usb: ehci: memory leakage in     ehci_init_transfer (bz #1402273)

  - CVE-2016-9913: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle     callbacks (bz #1402277)

  - CVE-2016-10028: virtio-gpu-3d: OOB access while reading     virgl capabilities (bz #1406368)

  - CVE-2016-9908: virtio-gpu: information leakage in     virgl_cmd_get_capset (bz #1402263)

  - CVE-2016-9912: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when     destroying gpu resource (bz #1402285)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3261-1 advisory.

    Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest     could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-10028, CVE-2016-10029)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 6300esb watchdog. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10155)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the i.MX Fast Ethernet Controller. A privileged attacker     inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue     only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7907)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the JAZZ RC4030 device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8667)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 16550A UART device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8669)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the shared rings when used with Xen. A privileged attacker     inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2016-9381)

    Jann Horn discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside     the guest could use this issue to access files on the host file system outside of the shared directory and     possibly escalate their privileges. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers     would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-9602)

    Gerd Hoffmann discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device when being used with a VNC     connection. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting     in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when     QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-9603)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller. A privileged     attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2016-9776)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest     could use this issue to cause QEMU to leak contents of host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04     LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9845, CVE-2016-9908)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest     could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9846, CVE-2016-9912, CVE-2017-5552, CVE-2017-5578,     CVE-2017-5857)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB redirector. An attacker inside the guest could     use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu     16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9907)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB EHCI emulation. An attacker inside the guest could     use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9911)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside     the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9913,     CVE-2016-9914, CVE-2016-9915, CVE-2016-9916)

    Qinghao Tang, Li Qiang, and Jiangxin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device. A     privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. (CVE-2016-9921, CVE-2016-9922)

    Wjjzhang and Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device. A privileged     attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service,     or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with     libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-2615)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would     be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-2620)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VNC connections. An attacker inside the guest could use     this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-2633)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the ac97 audio device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5525)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the es1370 audio device. A privileged attacker inside     the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5526)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 16550A UART device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5579)

    Jiang Xin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. A privileged attacker inside     the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly     execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers     would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-5667)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the MegaRAID SAS device. A privileged attacker inside     the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5856)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the CCID Card device. A privileged attacker inside the     guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5898)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller emulation. A privileged attacker     inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2017-5973)

    Jiang Xin and Wjjzhang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. A privileged     attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2017-5987)

    Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI controller emulation. A privileged attacker     inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2017-6505)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for qemu fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-9330: USB OHCI Emulation in qemu allowed local     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) by leveraging an incorrect return value     (bsc#1042159).

  - CVE-2017-8379: Memory leak in the keyboard input event     handlers support allowed local guest OS privileged users     to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption)     by rapidly generating large keyboard events     (bsc#1037334).

  - CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio.c allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio     capture (bsc#1037242).

  - CVE-2017-7493: The VirtFS, host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue. It could occur while     accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security     mode. A guest user could have used this flaw to escalate     their privileges inside guest (bsc#1039495).

  - CVE-2017-7377: The v9fs_create and v9fs_lcreate     functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (file     descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to     an already in-use fid (bsc#1032075).

  - CVE-2017-8086: A memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr     function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value     variable (bsc#1035950).

  - CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control     transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user     inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in     DoS (bsc#1025109)

  - CVE-2017-5987: The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks     function in hw/sd/sdhci.c allowed local OS guest     privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the     transfer mode register during multi block transfer     (bsc#1025311).

  - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in     hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors     involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors     (bsc#1028184)

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM     could have caused a heap overflow in the device model     process, potentially escalating their privileges to that     of the device model process (bsc#1028656)

  - CVE-2017-7718: hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h allowed local     guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors     related to copying VGA data via the     cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_     functions (bsc#1034908)

  - CVE-2017-7980: An out-of-bounds r/w access issues in the     Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support allowed privileged     user inside guest to use this flaw to crash the Qemu     process resulting in DoS or potentially execute     arbitrary code on a host with privileges of Qemu process     on the host (bsc#1035406)

  - CVE-2017-8112: hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c allowed local guest     OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring     page count (bsc#1036211).

  - CVE-2017-9375: The USB xHCI controller emulator support     was vulnerable to an infinite recursive call loop issue,     which allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash     the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bsc#1042800).

  - CVE-2017-9374: Missing free of 's->ipacket', causes a     host memory leak, allowing for DoS (bsc#1043073).

  - CVE-2017-9373: The IDE AHCI Emulation support was     vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue, which allowed     a privileged user inside guest to leak host memory     resulting in DoS (bsc#1042801).

  - CVE-2017-8380: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to an out-of-bounds     read access issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to read host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1037336).

  - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper link following issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1020427).

  - CVE-2017-7471: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1034866).

  - Fix privilege escalation in TCG mode of QEMU. This is     not considered a security issue by the upstream project,     but is included as additional hardening (bsc#1030624)

  - Fix potential DoS in virtfs

  - CVE-2016-10028: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an out of bounds memory access issue     allowing a guest user to crash the Qemu process instance     on a host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1017084, bsc#1016503)

  - CVE-2016-10029: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an OOB read issue allowing a guest     user to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in Dos     (bsc#1017081, bsc#1016504)

  - CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation     support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue     allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1021741)

  - CVE-2017-9503: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to a NULL pointer     dereference issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in     DoS (bsc#1043296).

This non-security issue was fixed :

  - Enable MONITOR/MWAIT support for guests (bsc#1031142)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

- CVE-2016-6836: vmxnet: Information leakage in     vmxnet3_complete_packet (bz #1366370)

  - CVE-2016-7909: pcnet: Infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr     (bz #1381196)

  - CVE-2016-7994: virtio-gpu: memory leak in     resource_create_2d (bz #1382667)

  - CVE-2016-8577: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read     (bz #1383286)

  - CVE-2016-8578: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs     routines (bz #1383292)

  - CVE-2016-8668: OOB buffer access in rocker switch     emulation (bz #1384898)

  - CVE-2016-8669: divide by zero error in     serial_update_parameters (bz #1384911)

  - CVE-2016-8910: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in     C+ mode (bz #1388047)

  - CVE-2016-8909: intel-hda: infinite loop in dma buffer     stream (bz #1388053)

  - Infinite loop vulnerability in a9_gtimer_update (bz     #1388300)

  - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100: memory leakage at device unplug     (bz #1389539)

  - CVE-2016-9103: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr (bz     #1389643)

  - CVE-2016-9102: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating     extended attribute (bz #1389551)

  - CVE-2016-9104: 9pfs: integer overflow leading to OOB     access (bz #1389687)

  - CVE-2016-9105: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_link (bz     #1389704)

  - CVE-2016-9106: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_write (bz     #1389713)

  - CVE-2016-9381: xen: incautious about shared ring     processing (bz #1397385)

  - CVE-2016-9921: Divide by zero vulnerability in     cirrus_do_copy (bz #1399054)

  - CVE-2016-9776: infinite loop while receiving data in     mcf_fec_receive (bz #1400830)

  - CVE-2016-9845: information leakage in     virgl_cmd_get_capset_info (bz #1402247)

  - CVE-2016-9846: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating     cursor data (bz #1402258)

  - CVE-2016-9907: usbredir: memory leakage when destroying     redirector (bz #1402266)

  - CVE-2016-9911: usb: ehci: memory leakage in     ehci_init_transfer (bz #1402273)

  - CVE-2016-9913: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle     callbacks (bz #1402277)

  - CVE-2016-10028: virtio-gpu-3d: OOB access while reading     virgl capabilities (bz #1406368)

  - CVE-2016-9908: virtio-gpu: information leakage in     virgl_cmd_get_capset (bz #1402263)

  - CVE-2016-9912: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when     destroying gpu resource (bz #1402285)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for qemu fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was     vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a     privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host     resulting in DoS (bsc#1023907).

  - CVE-2017-5857: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1023073).

  - CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the     bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to     check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds     write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024972)

  - CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation     could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to     cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading     to information disclosure or privilege escalation     (bsc#1023004)

  - CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage     issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory     resulting in DoS (bsc#1023053)

  - CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support     was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying     VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used     this flaw to crash the process instance on the host,     resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)

  - CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support     was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying     VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used     this flaw to crash the process instance on the host,     resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)

  - CVE-2016-10029: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an OOB read issue allowing a guest     user to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in Dos     (bsc#1017081).

  - CVE-2016-10028: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an out of bounds memory access issue     allowing a guest user to crash the Qemu process instance     on a host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1017084).

  - CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog     'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue     allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1021129)

  - CVE-2017-5552: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1021195).

  - CVE-2017-5578: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1021481).

  - CVE-2017-5526: The ES1370 audio device emulation support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1020589).

  - CVE-2017-5525: The ac97 audio device emulation support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1020491).

  - CVE-2017-5667: The SDHCI device emulation support was     vulnerable to an OOB heap access issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to crash the Qemu     process resulting in DoS or potentially execute     arbitrary code with privileges of the Qemu process on     the host (bsc#1022541).

  - CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was     vulnerable to an integer overflow allowing a privileged     user inside the guest to crash the Qemu process     resulting in DoS (bnc#1023907)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for qemu fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was     vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a     privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host     resulting in DoS (bsc#1023907).

  - CVE-2017-5857: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1023073).

  - CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the     bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to     check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds     write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024972)

  - CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation     could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to     cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading     to information disclosure or privilege escalation     (bsc#1023004)

  - CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage     issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory     resulting in DoS (bsc#1023053)

  - CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support     was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying     VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used     this flaw to crash the process instance on the host,     resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)

  - CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support     was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying     VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used     this flaw to crash the process instance on the host,     resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)

  - CVE-2016-10029: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an OOB read issue allowing a guest     user to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in Dos     (bsc#1017081).

  - CVE-2016-10028: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an out of bounds memory access issue     allowing a guest user to crash the Qemu process instance     on a host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1017084).

  - CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog     'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue     allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1021129)

  - CVE-2017-5552: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1021195).

  - CVE-2017-5578: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     guest user to leak host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1021481).

  - CVE-2017-5526: The ES1370 audio device emulation support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1020589).

  - CVE-2017-5525: The ac97 audio device emulation support     was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1020491).

  - CVE-2017-5667: The SDHCI device emulation support was     vulnerable to an OOB heap access issue allowing a     privileged user inside the guest to crash the Qemu     process resulting in DoS or potentially execute     arbitrary code with privileges of the Qemu process on     the host (bsc#1022541).

  - CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was     vulnerable to an integer overflow allowing a privileged     user inside the guest to crash the Qemu process     resulting in DoS (bnc#1023907)

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - Fix name of s390x specific sysctl configuration file to     end with .conf (bsc#1026583)

  - XHCI fixes (bsc#977027)

  - Fixed rare race during s390x guest reboot

  - Fixed various inaccuracies in cirrus vga device     emulation

  - Fixed cause of infrequent migration failures from bad     virtio device state (bsc#1020928)

  - Fixed graphical update errors introduced by previous     security fix (bsc#1016779)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

This update for qemu fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-9330: USB OHCI Emulation in qemu allowed local     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) by leveraging an incorrect return value     (bsc#1042159).

  - CVE-2017-8379: Memory leak in the keyboard input event     handlers support allowed local guest OS privileged users     to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption)     by rapidly generating large keyboard events     (bsc#1037334).

  - CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio.c allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio     capture (bsc#1037242).

  - CVE-2017-7493: The VirtFS, host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue. It could occur while     accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security     mode. A guest user could have used this flaw to escalate     their privileges inside guest (bsc#1039495).

  - CVE-2017-7377: The v9fs_create and v9fs_lcreate     functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (file     descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to     an already in-use fid (bsc#1032075).

  - CVE-2017-8086: A memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr     function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value     variable (bsc#1035950).

  - CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control     transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user     inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in     DoS (bsc#1025109)

  - CVE-2017-5987: The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks     function in hw/sd/sdhci.c allowed local OS guest     privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the     transfer mode register during multi block transfer     (bsc#1025311).

  - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in     hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors     involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors     (bsc#1028184)

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM     could have caused a heap overflow in the device model     process, potentially escalating their privileges to that     of the device model process (bsc#1028656)

  - CVE-2017-7718: hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h allowed local     guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors     related to copying VGA data via the     cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_     functions (bsc#1034908)

  - CVE-2017-7980: An out-of-bounds r/w access issues in the     Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support allowed privileged     user inside guest to use this flaw to crash the Qemu     process resulting in DoS or potentially execute     arbitrary code on a host with privileges of Qemu process     on the host (bsc#1035406)

  - CVE-2017-8112: hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c allowed local guest     OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring     page count (bsc#1036211).

  - CVE-2017-9375: The USB xHCI controller emulator support     was vulnerable to an infinite recursive call loop issue,     which allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash     the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bsc#1042800).

  - CVE-2017-9374: Missing free of 's->ipacket', causes a     host memory leak, allowing for DoS (bsc#1043073).

  - CVE-2017-9373: The IDE AHCI Emulation support was     vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue, which allowed     a privileged user inside guest to leak host memory     resulting in DoS (bsc#1042801).

  - CVE-2017-8380: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to an out-of-bounds     read access issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to read host memory resulting in DoS     (bsc#1037336).

  - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper link following issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1020427).

  - CVE-2017-7471: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1034866).

  - Fix privilege escalation in TCG mode of QEMU. This is     not considered a security issue by the upstream project,     but is included as additional hardening (bsc#1030624)

  - Fix potential DoS in virtfs

  - CVE-2016-10028: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an out of bounds memory access issue     allowing a guest user to crash the Qemu process instance     on a host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1017084, bsc#1016503)

  - CVE-2016-10029: The Virtio GPU Device emulator support     was vulnerable to an OOB read issue allowing a guest     user to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in Dos     (bsc#1017081, bsc#1016504)

  - CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation     support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue     allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1021741)

  - CVE-2017-9503: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to a NULL pointer     dereference issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in     DoS (bsc#1043296).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
99686	Ubuntu 17.04 : qemu vulnerabilities (USN-3268-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/26/2017	1/12/2023	critical
96684	GLSA-201701-49 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/23/2017	1/11/2021	medium
96677	Fedora 25 : 2:qemu (2017-b953d4d3a4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/23/2017	1/6/2021	high
99581	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-3261-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/21/2017	9/3/2025	critical
101758	openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-2017-822)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/17/2017	12/10/2025	critical
96782	Fedora 24 : 2:qemu (2017-12394e2cc7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/26/2017	1/11/2021	high
97599	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2017:0625-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/8/2017	6/3/2021	critical
97791	openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-2017-349)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/17/2017	6/3/2021	critical
101227	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2017:1774-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/5/2017	12/12/2025	critical

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