Security update for libvirt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0931-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-5313 ( NVD ): 2.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:

Security issue: - CVE-2015-5313: directory directory traversal privilege escalation vulnerability. (bsc#953110)

Bugs fixed: - bsc#960305: xenxs: support parsing and formatting vif bandwidth - bsc#961173: xen: use correct domctl version in domaininfolist union - bsc#959094: xen: Disable building xen-inotify subdriver. It is unmaintained and contains bugs that can cause client connection failures. - bsc#948686: qemu: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distringuish between errors and unconfined domains.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libvirt-12487=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libvirt-12487=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-12487=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-12487=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • libvirt-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libvirt-devel-1.2.5-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libvirt-devel-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libvirt-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libvirt-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-12.3
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-12.3

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