rhsa-2019_1723
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2019-07-10 10:01
Modified
2024-11-15 00:42
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Notes

Topic
An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton). 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.
Details
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): * QEMU: device_tree: heap buffer overflow while loading device tree blob (CVE-2018-20815) 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.
Terms of Use
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