Security update for libvirt
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
libvirt has been patched to fix two security issues.
Further information is available at
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0179
and
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-6456
These security issues have been fixed:
* Unsafe parsing of XML documents allows arbitrary file read or denial
of service (CVE-2014-0179)
* Ability to delete or create arbitrary host devices (CVE-2013-6456)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2014-0179
* CVE-2013-6456
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0785-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #857490 #873705 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update.
Description:
libvirt has been patched to fix two security issues.
Further information is available at
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0179
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-6456
These security issues have been fixed:
* Unsafe parsing of XML documents allows arbitrary file read or denial
of service (CVE-2014-0179)
* Ability to delete or create arbitrary host devices (CVE-2013-6456)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2014-0179
* CVE-2013-6456
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-9203 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-libvirt-9203 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libvirt-9203
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-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
- libvirt-devel-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
- libvirt-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-client-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-doc-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-python-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
- libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
- libvirt-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-client-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-doc-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- libvirt-python-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.0.5.9]:
- libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.5.9-0.9.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6456.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0179.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/857490
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/873705
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5c021d19a6da458b87a825175bf66ced