[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0274-1: important: libvirt to fix use-after-free in virNetMessageFree()

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openSUSE Security Update: libvirt to fix use-after-free in virNetMessageFree()

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0274-1

Rating: important

References: #772586 #773621 #773626 #780432 #800976

Cross-References: CVE-2012-4423 CVE-2013-0170

Affected Products:

openSUSE 12.1

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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three

fixes is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

libvirt was updated to fix some bugs and security issues:

 

Security issues fixed:

- Fix crash on error paths of message dispatching,

CVE-2013-0170 bnc#800976

- security: Fix libvirtd crash possibility CVE-2012-4423

bnc#780432

 

Also bugs were fixed:

- qemu: Fix probing for guest capabilities bnc#772586

- xen-xm: Generate UUID if not specified bnc#773626

- xenPar[censored]M: don't dereference NULL pointer when script is

empty bnc#773621

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 12.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-105

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

libvirt-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-client-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-client-debuginfo-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-debuginfo-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-debugsource-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-devel-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-doc-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-python-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-python-debuginfo-0.9.6-3.13.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64):

 

libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-client-debuginfo-32bit-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-3.13.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (ia64):

 

libvirt-client-debuginfo-x86-0.9.6-3.13.1

libvirt-client-x86-0.9.6-3.13.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4423.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0170.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/772586

https://bugzilla.novell.com/773621

https://bugzilla.novell.com/773626

https://bugzilla.novell.com/780432

https://bugzilla.novell.com/800976

 

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