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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70797

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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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70797

File Name: suse_11_libvirt-131004.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: 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-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-lock-sanlock, 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: 10/4/2013

Reference Information

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

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