First published: Wed May 13 2020(Updated: )
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.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly (CVE-2019-14378)</li> 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.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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redhat/qemu-kvm | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
redhat/qemu-img | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
redhat/qemu-kvm | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
redhat/qemu-kvm-common | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
redhat/qemu-kvm-debuginfo | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
redhat/qemu-kvm-tools | <1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 | 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 |
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The severity of RHSA-2020:2126 is classified as important.
To fix RHSA-2020:2126, update to version 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 of the affected qemu-kvm packages.
The affected packages include qemu-kvm, qemu-img, qemu-kvm-common, qemu-kvm-debuginfo, and qemu-kvm-tools.
RHSA-2020:2126 addresses a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the QEMU slirp component.
Yes, you need to upgrade to version 1.5.3-160.el7_6.6 to mitigate the vulnerability.