Synopsis: Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2585-2 Issue Date: 2016-11-03 CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1981 CVE-2016-3712 -- Security Fix(es): * An integer overflow flaw and an out-of-bounds read flaw were found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator set certain VGA registers while in VBE mode. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance. (CVE-2016-3712) * An infinite loop flaw was found in the way QEMU's e1000 NIC emulation implementation processed data using transmit or receive descriptors under certain conditions. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance. (CVE-2016-1981) Additional Changes: -- SL7 x86_64 qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team