Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Synopsis

Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
13 (Queens).

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in
environments managed by Red Hat products.

Security Fix(es):

• usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets (CVE-2020-14364)
  
• vnc: memory leakage upon disconnect (CVE-2019-20382)
  

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack 13 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power 13 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1810390 - CVE-2019-20382 QEMU: vnc: memory leakage upon disconnect
• BZ - 1856805 - Update qemu-kvm-rhev for RHEL 7.9 compatibility
• BZ - 1869201 - CVE-2020-14364 QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets

CVEs

• CVE-2019-20382
• CVE-2020-14364

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important