[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0320-1: important: Security update for libvirt

[news 28]

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0320-1

Rating: important

References: #782311 #800976

Cross-References: CVE-2013-0170

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

______________________________________________________________________________

 

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

libvirt was updated to fix the following security issue:

 

* A flaw was found in the way message freeing on

connection cleanup was handled under certain error

conditions. A remote user able to issue commands to libvirt

daemon could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or,

potentially, escalate their privilages to that of libvirtd

process. (CVE-2013-0170)

 

Also following bug has been fixed:

 

* Add managedSave functions to legacy xen driver

bnc#782311

 

Security Issue reference:

 

* CVE-2013-0170

 

 

Indications:

 

Everyone should install this update.

 

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 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libvirt-7310

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-7310

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-7310

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):

 

libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

 

libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1

libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

 

libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1

 

 

References:

 

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/782311

https://bugzilla.novell.com/800976

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f032a56a63abda0090da8ca02ce23191

 

--

To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe ( -at -) opensuse.org

For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help ( -at -) opensuse.org