openSUSE Security Update: libvirt: Fixed unsafe parsing of XML documents ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0650-1 Rating: moderate References: #873705 Cross-References: CVE-2014-0179 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
libvirt was patched to prevent expansion of entities when parsing XML files. This vulnerability allowed malicious users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CVE-2014-0179).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 12.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-369
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64):
libvirt-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-client-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-client-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-debugsource-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-devel-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-doc-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-python-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-python-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.18.1
- openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64):
libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-client-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.2-1.18.1 libvirt-devel-32bit-1.0.2-1.18.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0179.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/873705