SUSE Linux: 2020:1277-1 Important: Libvirt Daemon Crash and Leak Fix
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May 14, 2020
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available
Summary
This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2020-10703: Fixed a daemon crash caused by pools without target paths (bsc#1168683). - CVE-2020-12430: Fixed a memory leak in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread (bsc#1170765). Non-security issues fixed: - Support setting credit2 scheduler parameters for xen (bsc#1162160). - Enable use of newer libxl APIs for retrieving memory statistics (bsc#1157490, bsc#1167007). - Create multipath targets for qemu PR (bsc#1161883). 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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:
Topics Covered
References
#1157490 #1161883 #1162160 #1167007 #1168683
#1170765
Cross- CVE-2020-10703 CVE-2020-12430
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10703.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12430.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157490
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161883
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162160
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167007
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1168683
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1170765
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1277-1
Rating: important
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