[RHSA-2017:0564-01] Moderate: libguestfs security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: libguestfs security and bug fix update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0564-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html

Issue date: 2017-03-21

CVE Names: CVE-2015-8869

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1. Summary:

 

An update for libguestfs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact

of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from

the CVE link(s) in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The libguestfs packages contain a library, which is used for accessing and

modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images.

 

Security Fix(es):

 

* An integer conversion flaw was found in the way OCaml's String handled

its length. Certain operations on an excessively long String could trigger

a buffer overflow or result in an information leak. (CVE-2015-8869)

 

Note: The libguestfs packages in this advisory were rebuilt with a fixed

version of OCaml to address this issue.

 

Additional Changes:

 

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9

Technical Notes linked from the References section.

 

4. Solution:

 

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes

described in this advisory, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1319086 - libguestfs-java: mismatch class version vs java dependency

1332090 - CVE-2015-8869 ocaml: sizes arguments are sign-extended from 32 to 64 bits

1388407 - virt-sysprep will fail detecting OS if "/usr" is a distinct partition mounted in "/" via fstab

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

 

Source:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-c-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-javadoc-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ruby-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

 

Source:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-c-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-javadoc-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ruby-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

 

Source:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-c-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-javadoc-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ruby-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

 

Source:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-tools-c-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

 

x86_64:

libguestfs-debuginfo-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-java-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

libguestfs-javadoc-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ocaml-libguestfs-devel-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

ruby-libguestfs-1.20.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8869

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.

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