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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libvirt (SUSE-SU-2016:2053-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93287

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for libvirt fixes one security issue :

 - CVE-2016-5008: Empty VNC password disables authentication. (bsc#987527) Additionally, the update includes the following non-security fixes :

 - Improve waiting for block job readines in virsh.
 (bsc#989755)

 - Parse negative values in augeas lenses. (bsc#975729)

 - Restart daemons in %posttrans after connection drivers have been processed. (bsc#854343, bsc#968483)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2016-1208=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1208=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1208=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1208=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854343

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968483

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975729

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987527

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989755

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5008/

http://www.nessus.org/u?52181706

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93287

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2053-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-lxc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-daemon-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5008