Red Hat: 2011:0478-01: libvirt: Moderate Advisory
Summary
The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the
virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In
addition, libvirt provides tools for remotely managing virtualized systems.
A flaw was found in the way libvirtd handled error reporting for concurrent
connections. A remote attacker able to establish read-only connections to
libvirtd on a server could use this flaw to crash libvirtd. (CVE-2011-1486)
All libvirt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve this issue. After installing the
updated packages, libvirtd must be restarted ("service libvirtd restart")
for this update to take effect.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-1486.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-python-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-python-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-python-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
ia64:
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
libvirt-python-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-python-0.8.2-15.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
693391 - CVE-2011-1486 libvirt: error reporting in libvirtd is not thread safe