[ glsa 201604-01 ] qemu

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: April 02, 2016
Bug(s): #569118, #569300, #571560, #572082, #572412, #572454, #573280, #573314, #574902, #575492, #576420
ID: 201604-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of
which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service
condition.


Background

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

Affected Packages

Package: app-emulation/qemu
Vulnerable: < 2.5.0-r2
Unaffected: >= 2.5.0-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

Local users within a guest QEMU environment can execute arbitrary code
within the host or a cause a Denial of Service condition of the QEMU
guest process.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: