Security update for libvirt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0931-1
Rating: moderate
References: #948516 #948686 #953110 #959094 #960305 #961173
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:

    Security issue:
    - CVE-2015-5313: directory directory traversal privilege escalation
    vulnerability. (bsc#953110)

    Bugs fixed:
    - bsc#960305: xenxs: support parsing and formatting vif bandwidth
    - bsc#961173: xen: use correct domctl version in domaininfolist union
    - bsc#959094: xen: Disable building xen-inotify subdriver. It is
    unmaintained and contains bugs that can cause client connection failures.
    - bsc#948686: qemu: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up
    - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distringuish between errors and
    unconfined domains.

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libvirt-12487=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libvirt-12487=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libvirt-12487=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libvirt-12487=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libvirt-devel-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • libvirt-devel-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libvirt-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-client-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • libvirt-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-client-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-doc-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • libvirt-client-32bit-1.2.5-12.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libvirt-debuginfo-1.2.5-12.3
      • libvirt-debugsource-1.2.5-12.3

    References: