RHSA-2016:0082High

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update

Published
January 28, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-1714 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-1714 — Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurations

🎯 Affected products36

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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