Security update for libvirt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5715 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5715 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5715 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-1064 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1064 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-5748 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-5748 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka "SpectreAttack" (var2) (bsc#1079869).
  • CVE-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent (bsc#1083625).
  • CVE-2018-5748: Fixed possible denial of service when reading from QEMU monitor (bsc#1076500).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • bsc#1083061: Fixed 'dumpxml --migratable' exports domain id in output on SLES11 SP4.
  • bsc#1055365: Improve performance when listing hundreds of interfaces.

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libvirt-13538=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-13538=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-13538=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libvirt-devel-1.2.5-23.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libvirt-devel-32bit-1.2.5-23.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-23.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-23.6.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-23.6.1
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-23.6.1

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