Security update for vhostmd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4416-1
Release Date: 2024-12-24T08:21:06Z
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vhostmd fixes the following issues:

Updated to version 1.2

  • Fix actions using the 'free' command
  • Fix buffer accounting when generating metric XML
  • Change actions to retrieve vendor and product info
  • Add a 'unit' attribute to the metrics element
  • vif-stats.py: convert to Python3
  • conf: Update the 'VirtualizationVendor' action to strip any URLs that may follow the vendor name (bsc#1230961)
  • Fix virtio transport to work with libvirt >= 9.7.0
  • Added hardening to systemd service (bsc#1181400)
  • spec: Don't replace user-modified dtd in /etc/vhostmd/ (bsc#1154838)
  • Relax virtio requirement in config file (bsc#1152803)

Updated to version 1.1 (bsc#1129772)

  • Merge libserialclient with libmetrics
  • Misc bug fixes and improvements

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4416=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-4416=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2024-4416=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • vhostmd-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vhostmd-debugsource-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • libmetrics0-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • libmetrics-devel-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • libmetrics0-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vhostmd-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vhostmd-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vhostmd-debugsource-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    • vhostmd-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1

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