RHSA-2012:0050High

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
January 23, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2012-0029 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-0029 — qemu: e1000: process_tx_desc legacy mode packets heap overflow

🎯 Affected products24

  • 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-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (7)