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SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1 Not scored

Security update for libvirt

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).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 3, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 libvirt

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1

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).

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05 / REFERENCES

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