SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1

    Published: 3 Apr 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-2018-6764: Fixed guest executable code injection via libnss_dns.so loaded by libvirt_lxc before init (bsc#1080042). - CVE-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent (bsc#1083625). Non-security issues fixed: - Error starting domain: internal error: No usable sysfs TPM cancel file could be found (bsc#1078808). - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 hvm converted to pvhvm. Unless vm memory is on gig boundary, vm won't boot (bsc#1082041).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180861-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1078808, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079869, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080042, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082041, 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-2018-6764

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0-27.34.1

    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