SUSE-SU-2019:0553-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:0553-1

    Published: 4 Apr 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-3840
    Aliases:
    CVE-2019-3840

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-3840: Fixed a null pointer dereference vulnerability in virJSONValueObjectHasKey function which could have resulted in a remote denial of service via the guest agent (bsc#1127458). Other issues fixed: - libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813). - spec: Don't restart libvirt-guests when updating libvirt-client (bsc#1104662).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190553-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104662, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120813, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1127458, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3840

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0-27.48.1

    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