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SUSE: 2018:2082-1 Important: Libvirt Fixes for Speculative Attacks

An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. . SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2082-1 Rating: important References: #1076500 #1079869 #1083625 #1092885 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2018-1064 CVE-2018-3639 CVE-2018-5748 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka "SpectreAttack" (var2) (bsc#1079869). - CVE-2018-3639: Add support for 'ssbd' and 'virt-ssbd' CPUID feature bits to address V4 Speculative Store Bypass aka "Memory Disambiguation" (bsc#1092885). - CVE-2018-1064: Fix denial of service problem during reading from guest agent (bsc#1083625). - CVE-2018-5748: Fix resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead() method (bsc#1076500). 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 Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1417=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1417=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64): libvirt-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-client-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-client-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-qemu-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-debugsource-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-doc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64): libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-xen-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64): libvirt-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-client-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-client-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-qemu-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-debugsource-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-doc-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (x86_64): libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 libvirt-daemon-xen-1.2.18.4-22.3.1 References: 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-2018-3639.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5748.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076500 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079869 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083625 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092885 . SUSE has rolled out a security patch that tackles four vital vulnerabilities in libvirt, significantly bolstering system defense mechanisms.. SUSE Linux Enterprise, Libvirt Update, Security Patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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