SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1

    Published: 29 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: 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-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent (bsc#1083625). - CVE-2018-5748: Fixed possible denial of service when reading from QEMU monitor (bsc#1076500). Non-security issues fixed: - bsc#1083061: Fixed 'dumpxml --migratable' exports domain id in output on SLES11 SP4. - bsc#1055365: Improve performance when listing hundreds of interfaces.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180838-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1055365, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076500, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079869, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083061, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083625, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1064, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5748

    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 -1.2.5-23.6.1

    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