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(Update: 25-May 2015 All systems have already been successfully patched for this explit)

CVE-2015-3456 ("VENOM")

Updated: 16-May, 2015

A security vulnerability, CVE-2015-3456 ("VENOM") has been announced that could potentially exploit the virtual floppy drive code used by many virtualization platforms. 

We are currently in the process of rolling out patches through all affected hypervisor hosts, and this process is expected to complete within the next couple of days. As a result of applying the patches, some servelets will have to be restarted which may cause downtime of up to 20 minutes.  Affected customers have been contacted with the relevant information.

If you have a question about this patch or your account, please open a support ticket so we can help you.

More information

VENOM Vulnerability - http://venom.crowdstrike.com/
USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2608-1/

 Open up a support ticket.

Thank you.

SimplerCloud Support Team