SUSE Linux 12-SP3: SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1 Important: Denial Of Service
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April 11, 2018
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available.
Summary
This update for libvirt and virt-manager fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka "SpectreAttack" (var2) (bsc#1079869). - CVE-2018-6764: Fixed guest executable code injection via libnss_dns.so loaded by libvirt_lxc before init (bsc#1080042). - CVE-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent (bsc#1083625). Non-security issues fixed in libvirt: - bsc#1070615: Fixed TPM device passthrough failure on kernels >= 4.0. - bsc#1082041: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 hvm converted to pvhvm. Unless vm memory is on gig boundary, vm won't boot. - bsc#1082161: Unable to change RTC basis or adjustment for Xen HVM guests using libvirt. Non-security issues fixed in virt-manager:
References
#1054986 #1067018 #1070615 #1079869 #1080042
#1082041 #1082161 #1083625 #1085757 #1086038
Cross- CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2018-1064 CVE-2018-6764
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1064.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6764.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054986
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1067018
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070615
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079869
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080042
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082041
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082161
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083625
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1
Rating: important
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