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SUSE: 2019:0553-1 Moderate: libvirt Null Pointer Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 4, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Released a Security Update for libvirt that tackles critical vulnerabilities, with patches now available for multiple Linux distributions.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-3840: Fixed a null pointer dereference vulnerability in virJSONValueObjectHasKey function which could have resulted in a remote denial of service via the guest agent (bsc#1127458). Other issues fixed: - libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813). - spec: Don't restart libvirt-guests when updating libvirt-client (bsc#1104662). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-553=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:

References

#1104662 #1120813 #1127458

Cross- CVE-2019-3840

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3840.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104662

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120813

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1127458

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0553-1
Rating: moderate

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