Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-6227-01 - An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:6227-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6227
Issue date: 2023-11-01
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-3354
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Summary:
An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended 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.
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: VNC: improper I/O watch removal in TLS handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service (CVE-2023-3354)
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.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-3354
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important