Security update for libvirt
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
libvirt was updated to fix the following security issue:
* A flaw was found in the way message freeing on
connection cleanup was handled under certain error
conditions. A remote user able to issue commands to libvirt
daemon could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or,
potentially, escalate their privilages to that of libvirtd
process. (CVE-2013-0170)
Also following bug has been fixed:
* Add managedSave functions to legacy xen driver
bnc#782311
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-0170
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:0320-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #782311 #800976 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
libvirt was updated to fix the following security issue:
* A flaw was found in the way message freeing on
connection cleanup was handled under certain error
conditions. A remote user able to issue commands to libvirt
daemon could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or,
potentially, escalate their privilages to that of libvirtd
process. (CVE-2013-0170)
Also following bug has been fixed:
* Add managedSave functions to legacy xen driver
bnc#782311
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-0170
Indications:
Everyone should install this update.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libvirt-7310 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-7310 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-7310
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1
- libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0170.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/782311
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/800976
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f032a56a63abda0090da8ca02ce23191