Security update for libvirt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0318-1
Rating: moderate
References: #817407 #857492 #858817
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update fixes the following one non-security and two
    security issues with libvirt:

    * bnc#817407: Fixing device assignment problem with
    Broadcom 57810 NIC to Guest OS.
    * bnc#857492: qemu job usage issue in several API
    leading to libvirtd crash (CVE-2013-6458)
    * bnc#858817: denial of service with keepalive
    (CVE-2014-1447)

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2014-1447
    >
    * CVE-2013-6458
    >

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libvirt-8886
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libvirt-8886
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libvirt-8886

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-devel-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-devel-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-client-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-doc-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-python-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-client-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-doc-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • libvirt-python-1.0.5.9-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.7.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6458.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1447.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/817407
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/857492
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/858817
    • http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c88f0c46e6587677dfe5467186124acd