SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1

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SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1

Summary: Security update for libvirt

Details: This update for libvirt and virt-manager 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 in libvirt: - bsc#1070615: Fixed TPM device passthrough failure on kernels >= 4.0. - bsc#1082041: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 hvm converted to pvhvm. Unless vm memory is on gig boundary, vm won't boot. - bsc#1082161: Unable to change RTC basis or adjustment for Xen HVM guests using libvirt. Non-security issues fixed in virt-manager: - bsc#1086038: VM guests cannot be properly installed with virt-install - bsc#1067018: KVM Guest creation failed - Property .cmt not found - bsc#1054986: Fix openSUSE 15.0 detection. It has no content file or .treeinfo file - bsc#1085757: Fallback to latest version of openSUSE when opensuse-unknown is detected for the ISO

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180920-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054986, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1067018, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070615, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079869, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080042, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082041, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082161, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083625, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085757, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086038, 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