SuSE 11.2 Security Update : libvirt (SAT Patch Number 8348)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70796

Synopsis

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

Description

This libvirt update fixes a security issue.

- EMBARGOED: libvirt: Fix crash in remoteDispatchDomainMemoryStats. (bnc#838638:
CVE-2013-4296)

- Regression: vm-install fails to display on SLES 11 SP2 UV2000. (bnc#817008)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8348.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817008

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70796

File Name: suse_11_libvirt-130923.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4296