SUSE-SU-2016:0931-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0931-1

    Published: 1 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5313
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-5313

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issue: - CVE-2015-5313: directory directory traversal privilege escalation vulnerability. (bsc#953110) Bugs fixed: - bsc#960305: xenxs: support parsing and formatting vif bandwidth - bsc#961173: xen: use correct domctl version in domaininfolist union - bsc#959094: xen: Disable building xen-inotify subdriver. It is unmaintained and contains bugs that can cause client connection failures. - bsc#948686: qemu: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distringuish between errors and unconfined domains.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160931-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/948516, https://bugzilla.suse.com/948686, https://bugzilla.suse.com/953110, https://bugzilla.suse.com/959094, https://bugzilla.suse.com/960305, https://bugzilla.suse.com/961173, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5313

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.5-12.3

    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