[ glsa 201611-11 ] qemu

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-11)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: November 18, 2016
Bug(s): #594368, #594520, #595192, #596048, #596738, #596752, #596774, #596776, #597108, #597110, #598044, #598046, #598328
ID: 201611-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of
which could 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-r6
Unaffected: >= 2.7.0-r6
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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.

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: