Security update for libvirt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1503-1
Rating: important
References: #772586 #773621 #773626 #780432
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    libvirt received security and bugfixes:

    * CVE-2012-4423: Fixed a libvirt remote denial of
    service (crash) problem.

    The following bugs have been fixed:

    * qemu: Fix probing for guest capabilities
    * xen-xm: Generate UUID if not specified
    * xenParseXM: don't dereference NULL pointer when
    script is empty

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-4539
    >
    * CVE-2012-3497
    >
    * CVE-2012-4411
    >
    * CVE-2012-4535
    >
    * CVE-2012-4537
    >
    * CVE-2012-4536
    >
    * CVE-2012-4538
    >
    * CVE-2012-4539
    >
    * CVE-2012-4544
    >

    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-201211-7015
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-201211-7015
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-201211-7015

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libvirt-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libvirt-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3497.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4411.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4535.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4536.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4537.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4538.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4539.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4544.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/772586
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773621
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773626
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/780432
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6c77cedf2e828c0cfa0f10bbd2cdbb87