SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Xen and libvirt (SAT Patch Number 5796)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58395

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This collective update 2012/02 for Xen provides fixes for the following reports :

Xen :

- 740165: Fix heap overflow in e1000 device emulation (applicable to Xen qemu - CVE-2012-0029)

- 739585: Xen block-attach fails after repeated attach/detach

- 727515: Fragmented packets hang network boot of HVM guest

- 736824: Microcode patches for AMD's 15h processors panic the system

- 732782: xm create hangs when maxmen value is enclosed in 'quotes'

- 734826: xm rename doesn't work anymore

- 694863: kexec fails in xen

- 726332: Fix considerable performance hit by previous changeset

- 649209: Fix slow Xen live migrations libvirt

- 735403: Fix connection with virt-manager as normal user virt-utils

- Add Support for creating images that can be run on Microsoft Hyper-V host (Fix vpc file format. Add support for fixed disks)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5796.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649209

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694863

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725169

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726332

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727515

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732782

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734826

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735403

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736824

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739585

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740165

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0029.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58395

File Name: suse_11_xen-201202-120209.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:virt-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools-domu, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0029