QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202208-27

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU, the worst of which could result in remote code execution (guest sandbox escape).

Affected packages

app-emulation/qemu on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.0.0
Unaffected versions >= 7.0.0

Background

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-7.0.0"
 

References

Release date
August 14, 2022

Latest revision
August 14, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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