-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Note: the current version of the following document is available here: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/ docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04706564 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN Document ID: c04706564 Version: 1 HPSBMU03349 rev.1- HP Helion CloudSystem, Local Denial of Service (DoS), Arbitrary Code Execution NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Release Date: 2015-06-09 Last Updated: 2015-06-09 Potential Security Impact: Local Denial of Service (DoS), arbitrary code execution Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP Helion CloudSystem. The vulnerability could be exploited locally resulting in Denial of Service (DoS) or execution of arbitrary code. Notes: This is the vulnerability known as "Virtual Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation" also known as "VENOM". This vulnerability exists in the floppy disk controller driver of QEMU, an open-source virtualization technology used to provision guest Virtual Machines. This vulnerability affects all versions of QEMU and could lead to hypervisor breakout, where a user of the guest VM can gain control of the host. HP Helion CloudSystem leverages QEMU as a core part of its virtualization functionality and is therefore affected by this vulnerability. References: CVE-2015-3456 (SSRT102076) SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. HP Helion CloudSystem software: HP Helion CloudSystem 8.x series Note: Only HP CloudSystem deployment using KVM on RHEL version 6.4 or 6.5 in the control plane or the data plane are affected by this vulnerability BACKGROUND CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics =========================================================== Reference Base Vector Base Score CVE-2015-3456 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 7.7 =========================================================== Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002 RESOLUTION HP recommends following remediation steps to resolve the vulnerability in HP Helion CloudSystem. The following steps are recommended by Red Hat ( https://access.redhat.com/articles/1444903 ) and must be applied for each control plane and data plane node that is using KVM for virtualization: Login to the node Upgrade the QEMU package for your system using the command: 'yum update qemu-kvm'. A full system update may be applied using the command 'yum update'. Guest operating systems should be powered off, and started again for the update to take effect. Refer to the HP Helion CloudSystem administrative guide ( http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docI d=c04376928 ) for instructions on restarting appliances. HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 9 June 2015 Initial release Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. Support: For issues about implementing the recommendations of this Security Bulletin, contact normal HP Services support channel. For other issues about the content of this Security Bulletin, send e-mail to security-alert@xxxxxx. 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