SUSE-SU-2019:0948-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:0948-1

    Published: 15 Apr 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issue 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). - CVE-2019-3886: Fixed an information leak which allowed to retrieve the guest hostname under readonly mode (bsc#1131595). Other issues addressed: - libxl: support Xen's max_grant_frames setting with maxGrantFrames attribute on the xenbus controller (bsc#1126325). - conf: added new 'xenbus' controller type - util: skip RDMA detection for non-PCI network devices (bsc#1112182). - qemu: don't use CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability if non-root (bsc#1125665). - qemu: fix issues related to restricted permissions on /dev/sev(bsc#1102604). - libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813). - libxl: Add support for soft reset. (bsc#1081516)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.0-8.9.1

    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