MGASA-2021-0399 - Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 14 Aug 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0399.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-3631

Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability:

insecure sVirt label generation (CVE-2021-3631).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29252
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WMXIHZROH2MHK2ATU7LWCID54SCKZA7Z/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3631

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libvirt-7.0.0-2.1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0399: libvirt security update

Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability: insecure sVirt label generation (CVE-2021-3631)

Summary

Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability:
insecure sVirt label generation (CVE-2021-3631).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29252

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WMXIHZROH2MHK2ATU7LWCID54SCKZA7Z/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3631

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0399 - Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/libvirt-7.0.0-2.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 14 Aug 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0399.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3631

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