[ glsa 201602-01 ] qemu

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: February 04, 2016
Bug(s): #544328, #549404, #557206, #558416, #559656, #560422, #560550, #560760, #566792, #567144, #567828, #567868, #568214, #568226, #568246, #569646, #570110, #570988, #571562, #571564, #571566
ID: 201602-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of
which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or gain
elevated privileges from a guest VM.


Background

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Affected Packages

Package: app-emulation/qemu
Vulnerable: < 2.5.0-r1
Unaffected: >= 2.5.0-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated
privileges from a guest VM.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: