Security update for libvirt and libvirt-python

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:14146-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-10746 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2016-10746 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libvirt and libvirt-python fixes the following issues:

libvirt:

  • CVE-2016-10746: Fixed an authentication bypass where a guest agent with a read only connection could call virDomainGetTime API calls (bsc#1133150).
  • rpc: increase the size of REMOTE_MIGRATE_COOKIE_MAX (bsc#1134783).

libvirt-python:

  • Fixes a memory leak in libvirt-python (bsc#1140252)

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 Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-python-14146=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-python-14146=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-python-1.2.5-3.3.2
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-23.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-23.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libvirt-client-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-1.2.5-23.24.1
    • libvirt-python-1.2.5-3.3.2
    • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-23.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-23.24.1

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