SUSE: 2020:2970-1 Important: libvirt Security Update Details
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October 20, 2020
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available
Summary
This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-15708: Added a note to libvirtd.conf about polkit auth in SUSE distros (bsc#1174955). - CVE-2020-25637: Fixed a double free in qemuAgentGetInterfaces() (bsc#1177155). - qemu: Avoid stale capabilities cache host CPU or kernel command line changes (bsc#1173157). - virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support (bsc#1175465). - Xen: Added support for passing arbitrary commands to the qemu device model, similar to the xl.cfg(5) device_model_args setting (bsc#1174139). - Xen: Don't add dom0 twice on driver reload (bsc#1176430). 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:
Topics Covered
References
#1173157 #1174139 #1174955 #1175465 #1176430
#1177155
Cross- CVE-2020-15708 CVE-2020-25637
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15708.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25637.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173157
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174139
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174955
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175465
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176430
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177155
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2970-1
Rating: important
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