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A qemu-kvm security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3.



RHSA-2020:4050-01: Important: qemu-kvm security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4050-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4050
Issue date: 2020-09-29
CVE Names: CVE-2020-14364
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1. Summary:

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update
Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP
Solutions.

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.3) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

3. Description:

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

* QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets
(CVE-2020-14364)

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.

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1869201 - CVE-2020-14364 QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.3):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.src.rpm

ppc64le:
qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.3):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7_3.18.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14364
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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