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 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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=f032a56a63abda0090da8ca02c... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org