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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2019-1578-01 Moderate: Libvirt Security Fix

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2019
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An update for libvirt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.

Summary

The libvirt library contains 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.
Security Fix(es):
* libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API (CVE-2019-10161)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat linux libvirt

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10161 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.src.rpm
i386: libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-python-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-python-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-devel-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-devel-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-devel-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.src.rpm
x86_64: libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm libvirt-python-0.10.2-64.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1578-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1578
Issue date: 2019-06-20

Topic

An update for libvirt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat linux libvirt

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1720115 - CVE-2019-10161 libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API

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