SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1

    Published: 27 Oct 2021Last Modified: 2 May 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3667
    Aliases:
    CVE-2021-3667

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2021-3667: Fixed a DoS vulnerability in the libvirt virStoragePoolLookupByTargetPath API. (bsc#1188843) Non-security issues fixed: - resolved hangs/crashes on libvirtd shutdown (bsc#1182783) - qemu: Normalize MAC address in device conf on netdev hotplug (bsc#1184772) - libxl: Fix driver reload (bsc#1190420) - libxl: Add support for 'e820_host' settings (bsc#1185081) - libxl: Fix domain shutdown (bsc#1184152)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213540-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182783, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184152, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184772, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185081, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188843, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190420, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3667

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.0-8.29.1

    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
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