Security update for libvirt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2970-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-15708 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15708 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25637 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25637 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-15708: Added a note to libvirtd.conf about polkit auth in SUSE distros (bsc#1174955).
  • CVE-2020-25637: Fixed a double free in qemuAgentGetInterfaces() (bsc#1177155).
  • qemu: Avoid stale capabilities cache host CPU or kernel command line changes (bsc#1173157).
  • virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support (bsc#1175465).
  • Xen: Added support for passing arbitrary commands to the qemu device model, similar to the xl.cfg(5) device_model_args setting (bsc#1174139).
  • Xen: Don't add dom0 twice on driver reload (bsc#1176430).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2970=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2020-2970=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-libs-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-debugsource-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-libs-6.0.0-13.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-debugsource-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-admin-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-network-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-client-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-config-network-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-admin-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-lxc-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-nss-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-devel-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-qemu-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-hooks-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-nss-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-client-6.0.0-13.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • libvirt-bash-completion-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-doc-6.0.0-13.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-6.0.0-13.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • libvirt-daemon-xen-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-6.0.0-13.8.1
    • libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo-6.0.0-13.8.1

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