SuSE 11.3 Security Update : kvm and libvirt (SAT Patch Number 10222)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81480

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Synopsis

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

Description

This collective update for KVM and libvirt provides fixes for security and non-security issues.

kvm :

- Fix NULL pointer dereference because of uninitialized UDP socket. (bsc#897654, CVE-2014-3640)

- Fix performance degradation after migration.
(bsc#878350)

- Fix potential image corruption due to missing FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC flag in FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl.
(bsc#908381)

- Add validate hex properties for qdev. (bsc#852397)

- Add boot option to do strict boot (bsc#900084)

- Add query-command-line-options QMP command. (bsc#899144)

- Fix incorrect return value of migrate_cancel.
(bsc#843074)

- Fix insufficient parameter validation during ram load.
(bsc#905097, CVE-2014-7840)

- Fix insufficient blit region checks in qemu/cirrus.
(bsc#907805, CVE-2014-8106) libvirt :

- Fix security hole with migratable flag in dumpxml.
(bsc#904176, CVE-2014-7823)

- Fix domain deadlock. (bsc#899484, CVE-2014-3657)

- Use correct definition when looking up disk in qemu blkiotune. (bsc#897783, CVE-2014-3633)

- Fix undefined symbol when starting virtlockd.
(bsc#910145)

- Add '-boot strict' to qemu's commandline whenever possible. (bsc#900084)

- Add support for 'reboot-timeout' in qemu. (bsc#899144)

- Increase QEMU's monitor timeout to 30sec. (bsc#911742)

- Allow setting QEMU's migration max downtime any time.
(bsc#879665)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10222.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81480

File Name: suse_11_kvm-libvirt-201412-150123.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kvm, 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: 1/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3633, CVE-2014-3640, CVE-2014-3657, CVE-2014-7823, CVE-2014-7840, CVE-2014-8106

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