Security update for libvirt
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2016:1944-1 |
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| Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-5008: empty VNC password disables authentication (bsc#987527)
Bugs fixed: - bsc#970906: Fixed a race condition in xenstore event handling. - bsc#952889: Change hap setting to align with Xen behavior. - Fixed 'make check' failures.
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libvirt-12674=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-12674=1 -
SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-12674=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- libvirt-devel-1.2.5-15.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64)
- libvirt-devel-32bit-1.2.5-15.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- libvirt-client-1.2.5-15.3
- libvirt-doc-1.2.5-15.3
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-15.3
- perl-Sys-Virt-1.2.5-4.2
- libvirt-1.2.5-15.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
- libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-15.3
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
- libvirt-client-1.2.5-15.3
- libvirt-doc-1.2.5-15.3
- libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-15.3
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-15.3
- perl-Sys-Virt-1.2.5-4.2
- libvirt-1.2.5-15.3