SUSE-SU-2016:0304-1

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SUSE-SU-2016:0304-1

Summary: Security update for libvirt

Details: libvirt was updated to fix one security issue and several non-security issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2015-0236: libvirt allowed remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface. (bsc#914693) - CVE-2015-5313: path traversal vulnerability allowed libvirtd process to write arbitrary files into file system using root permissions (bsc#953110) Theses non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#948686: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up. - bsc#903757: Provide nodeGetSecurityModel implementation in libxl. - bsc#938228: Set disk type to BLOCK when driver is not tap or file. - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distinguish between errors and unconfined domains. - bsc#936524: Fix error starting lxc containers with direct interfaces. - bsc#921555: Fixed apparmor generated profile for PCI hostdevs. - bsc#899334: Include additional upstream fixes for systemd TerminateMachine. - bsc#921586: Fix security driver default settings in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf. - bsc#921355: Fixed a number of QEMU apparmor abstraction problems. - bsc#911737: Additional fix for the case where security labels aren't automatically set. - bsc#914297: Allow setting the URL of an SMT server to use in place of SCC. - bsc#904432: Backported route definition changes.

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160304-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/899334, https://bugzilla.suse.com/903757, https://bugzilla.suse.com/904432, https://bugzilla.suse.com/911737, https://bugzilla.suse.com/914297, https://bugzilla.suse.com/914693, https://bugzilla.suse.com/921355, https://bugzilla.suse.com/921555, https://bugzilla.suse.com/921586, https://bugzilla.suse.com/936524, https://bugzilla.suse.com/938228, https://bugzilla.suse.com/948516, https://bugzilla.suse.com/948686, https://bugzilla.suse.com/953110, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0236, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5313