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Red Hat 7: RHSA-2019-1579-01 Important: libvirt Security Fix

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An update for libvirt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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)
* libvirt: virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML API exposed to readonly clients (CVE-2019-10166)
* libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API (CVE-2019-10167)
* libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU APIs (CVE-2019-10168)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Live migration fail with unsafe error when GPFS is used as shared filesystem (BZ#1715867)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important arbitrary command execution security impact libvirt

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10161 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10166 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10167 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10168 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libvirt-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.src.rpm
x86_64: libvirt-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-bash-completion-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.i686.rpm libvirt-client-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-config-network-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-network-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-4.5.0-10.el7_6.12.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1579-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1579
Issue date: 2019-06-20

Topic

An update for libvirt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important arbitrary command execution security impact libvirt

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, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1720114 - CVE-2019-10166 libvirt: virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML API exposed to readonly clients

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

1720117 - CVE-2019-10167 libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API

1720118 - CVE-2019-10168 libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU APIs

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