SUSE-SU-2016:0923-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0923-1

    Published: 31 Mar 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5313
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-5313

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update to libvirt 1.2.18.2 fixes the following minor security issue: - CVE-2015-5313: Directory traversal allowed privilege escalation (bsc#953110) The following bugs were fixed: - bsc#952849: Don't add apparmor deny rw rule for 9P readonly mounts. - bsc#960305: libxl: support parsing and formatting vif bandwidth - bsc#954872: libxl: Add support for block-{dmmd,drbd,npiv} scripts - bsc#964465: Remove 'Wants=xencommons.service' from libvirtd service file

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160923-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/952849, https://bugzilla.suse.com/953110, https://bugzilla.suse.com/954872, https://bugzilla.suse.com/960305, https://bugzilla.suse.com/964465, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5313

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.18.2-8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High