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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2014:1352-01 Moderate: libvirt Update

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Calendar Grey October 1, 2014
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Revised libvirt updates tackle three vulnerabilities, with two related to security and one addressing system bugs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, plus vital risk assessment guidance
Updated libvirt packages that fix two security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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/articles/11258

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 remote management of virtualized systems.
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way libvirt's qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune() function looked up the disk index in a non-persistent (live) disk configuration while a persistent disk configuration was being indexed. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or, potentially, leak memory from the libvirtd process. (CVE-2014-3633)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way libvirt's virConnectListAllDomains() function computed the number of used domains. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to make any domain operations within libvirt unresponsive. (CVE-2014-3657)
The CVE-2014-3633 issue was discovered by Luyao Huang of Red Hat.
This update also fixes the following bug:
* Prior to this update, libvirt was setting the cpuset.mems parameter for domains with numatune/memory[nodeset] prior to starting them. As a consequence, domains with such a nodeset, which excluded the NUMA node with DMA and DMA32 zones (found in /proc/zoneinfo), could not be started due to failed KVM initialization. With this update, libvirt sets the cpuset.mems parameter after the initialization, and domains with any nodeset (in /numatune/memory) can be started without an error. (BZ#1135871)
All libvirt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3633 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3657 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64: libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.i686.rpm libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-kvm-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-python-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm libvirt-devel-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.i686.rpm libvirt-devel-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1352-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-10-01

Topic

Updated libvirt packages that fix two security issues and one bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1141131 - CVE-2014-3633 libvirt: qemu: out-of-bounds read access in qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune() due to invalid index

1145667 - CVE-2014-3657 libvirt: domain_conf: domain deadlock DoS

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