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CentOS: (CVE-2016-3710) (Multiple Advisories): kvm

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-3710) (Multiple Advisories): kvm

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2016
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kmod-kvm
  • centos-upgrade-kmod-kvm-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kvm
  • centos-upgrade-kvm-qemu-img
  • centos-upgrade-kvm-tools
  • centos-upgrade-libcacard
  • centos-upgrade-libcacard-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libcacard-tools
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-img
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

  • RHSA-2016:0724
  • RHSA-2016:0725
  • RHSA-2016:0997
  • RHSA-2016:0999
  • RHSA-2016:1000
  • RHSA-2016:1001
  • RHSA-2016:1002
  • RHSA-2016:1019
  • RHSA-2016:1224
  • RHSA-2016:1943
  • DLA-539-1
  • DLA-540-1
  • DLA-571-1
  • DSA-3573
  • 90316
  • 1035794
  • USN-2974-1
  • CVE-2016-3710
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