qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

These vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition on the host server or qemu process, might allow for arbitrary code execution or a symlink attack when qemu-kvm is in snapshot mode.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All qemu-kvm users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-kvm-1.1.1-r1"