A qemu-kvm security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6.

RHSA-2020:4055-01: Important: qemu-kvm security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4055-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4055
Issue date: 2020-09-29
CVE Names: CVE-2020-14364
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1. Summary:

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Advanced Update Support.

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

3. Description:

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.

Security Fix(es):

* QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets
(CVE-2020-14364)

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.

4. 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

After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once
all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to
take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1869201 - CVE-2020-14364 QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6):

Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.src.rpm

x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14364
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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