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SUSE: 2020:3037-1 Important: libvirt Security Updates and Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a Security Update targeting two significant vulnerabilities in libvirt, providing essential patches to enhance both security and system resilience.
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: Adjust max memlock on mdev hotplug (bsc#1177480). - Xen: Don't add dom0 twice on driver reload (bsc#1176430). - virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support (bsc#1175465). - Fixed an issue where building was failing (bsc#1175574). 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 Module for Server Applications 15-SP1:

References

#1174955 #1175465 #1175574 #1176430 #1177155

#1177480

Cross- CVE-2020-15708 CVE-2020-25637

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15708.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25637.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174955

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175465

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175574

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176430

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177155

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177480

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3037-1
Rating: important

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