shield Security update for libvirt

SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-189

libvirt was updated to fix one security issue and several non-security issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2015-0236: libvirt allowed remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface. (bsc#914693) - CVE-2015-5313: path traversal vulnerability allowed libvirtd process to write arbitrary files into file system using root permissions (bsc#953110) Theses non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#948686: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up. - bsc#903757: Provide nodeGetSecurityModel implementation in libxl. - bsc#938228: Set disk type to BLOCK when driver is not tap or file. - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distinguish between errors and unconfined domains. - bsc#936524: Fix error starting lxc containers with direct interfaces. - bsc#921555: Fixed apparmor generated profile for PCI hostdevs. - bsc#899334: Include additional upstream fixes for systemd TerminateMachine. - bsc#921586: Fix security driver default settings in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf. - bsc#921355: Fixed a number of QEMU apparmor abstraction problems. - bsc#911737: Additional fix for the case where security labels aren't automatically set. - bsc#914297: Allow setting the URL of an SMT server to use in place of SCC. - bsc#904432: Backported route definition changes.

• Release Date
  Feb 1 2016
• References
  Bugzilla: 948686, 903757, 938228, 911737, 914693, 921586, 948516, 899334, 936524, 904432, 921355, 914297, 921555, 953110
  CVEs: CVE-2015-0236, CVE-2015-5313
• Type
  security
• Severity
  moderate

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 x86_64

• Packages
  libvirt
  Library providing a simple virtualization API

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  libvirt-client
  Client side library and utilities of the libvirt library

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-client-32bit
  Client side library and utilities of the libvirt library

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon
  Server side daemon and supporting files for libvirt library

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-config-network
  Default configuration files for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  Network filter configuration files for the libvirtd

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  Interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl
  Libxl driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  LXC driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  Network driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  Nodedev driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  A nwfilter driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  Qemu driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  Secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  Storage driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-lxc
  Server side daemon&driver required to run LXC guests

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-qemu
  Server side daemon&driver required to run QEMU guests

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-daemon-xen
  Server side daemon&driver required to run XEN guests

  1.2.5-27.10.1 lock rpm

  libvirt-doc
  API reference and website documentation

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