SuSE 11.3 Security Update : libvirt (SAT Patch Number 8421)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70797

Synopsis

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

Description

libvirt has been updated to the 1.0.5.6 stable release that fixes bugs and security issues :

- Fix crash in remoteDispatchDomainMemoryStats.
(CVE-2013-4296)

- virBitmapParse out-of-bounds read access Libvirt on SLES 11 SP3 is not affected:. (CVE-2013-5651)

- Add support for using 3-arg pkcheck syntax for process (). (CVE-2013-4311)

- security: provide supplemental groups even when parsing label () Changes in this version:. (CVE-2013-4291)

- virsh: fix change-media bug on disk block type

- Include process start time when doing polkit checks

- qemuDomainChangeGraphics: Check listen address change by listen type

- python: return dictionary without value in case of no blockjob

- virbitmap: Refactor virBitmapParse to avoid access beyond bounds of array Also the following bug has been fixed :

- Fix retrieval of SRIOV VF info, which prevented using some SRIOV virtual functions in guest domains with '' (bnc#837329)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8421.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836931

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837329

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837530

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837999

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838638

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4291.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4296.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4311.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5651.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70797

File Name: suse_11_libvirt-131004.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2013

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: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/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-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-python, 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: 10/4/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4291, CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-4311, CVE-2013-5651