[ glsa 201609-01 ] qemu

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201609-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: September 25, 2016
Updated: September 26, 2016
Bug(s): #573816, #579734, #580040, #583496, #583952, #584094, #584102, #584146, #584514, #584630, #584918, #589924, #589928, #591242, #591244, #591374, #591380, #591678, #592430, #593034, #593036, #593038, #593284, #593950, #593956
ID: 201609-01

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: < 2.7.0-r3
Unaffected: >= 2.7.0-r3
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: