SUSE-SU-2019:0936-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190936-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0936-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2019:0936-1
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Published
2019-04-12T07:06:33Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:04:49.507291Z
Summary
Security update for libvirt
Details

This update for libvirt provides the following fixes:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-3840: Fixed a null pointer dereference vulnerability in virJSONValueObjectHasKey function which could have resulted in a remote denial of service via the guest agent (bsc#1127458).

Other issues addressed:

  • apparmor: reintroduce upstream lxc mount rules (bsc#1130129).
  • hook: encode incoming XML to UTF-8 before passing to lxml etree from string method (bsc#1123642).
  • supportconfig: collect rotated logs in /var/log/libvirt/* (bsc#1124667).
  • libxl: support Xen's maxgrantframes setting with maxGrantFrames attribute on the xenbus controller (bsc#1126325).
  • conf: added new 'xenbus' controller type
  • util: skip RDMA detection for non-PCI network devices (bsc#1112182).
  • qemu: don't use CAPDACOVERRIDE capability if non-root (bsc#1125665).
  • qemu: fix issues related to restricted permissions on /dev/sev(bsc#1102604).
  • apparmor: add support for named profiles (bsc#1118952).
  • libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813).
  • apparmor: Fix ptrace rules. (bsc#1117058)
  • libxl: Add support for soft reset. (bsc#1081516)
  • libxl: Fix VM migration on busy hosts. (bsc#1108086)
  • qemu: Add support for SEV guests. (fate#325817)
  • util: Don't check for parallel iteration in hash-related functions. (bsc#1106420)
  • spec: Don't restart libvirt-guests when updating libvirt-client. (bsc#1104662)
  • Fix virNodeGetSEVInfo API crashing libvirtd on AMD SEV enabled hosts. (bsc#1108395)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

libvirt

Package

Name
libvirt
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0-9.16.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libvirt-libs": "4.0.0-9.16.7"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15

libvirt

Package

Name
libvirt
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0-9.16.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libvirt-lock-sanlock": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-config-network": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-client": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-devel": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-lxc": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-doc": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-secret": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-network": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-nss": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-hooks": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-admin": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-xen": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-driver-interface": "4.0.0-9.16.7",
            "libvirt-daemon-qemu": "4.0.0-9.16.7"
        }
    ]
}