Synopsis:          Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2016:0997-1
Issue Date:        2016-05-10
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2016-3710
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Security Fix(es):

* An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA
emulation with VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) support performed read/write
operations via I/O port methods. A privileged guest user could use this
flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the
host's QEMU process. (CVE-2016-3710)
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SL6
  x86_64
    qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
    qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team