Security update for libvirt
This update for libvirt provides the following fixes: 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). Other issues addressed: - apparmor: reintroduce upstream lxc mount rules (bsc#1130129). - hook: encode incoming XML to UTF-8 before passing to lxml etree from string method (bsc#1123642). - supportconfig: collect rotated logs in /var/log/libvirt/* (bsc#1124667). - 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). - apparmor: add support for named profiles (bsc#1118952). - libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813). - apparmor: Fix ptrace rules. (bsc#1117058) - libxl: Add support for soft reset. (bsc#1081516) - libxl: Fix VM migration on busy hosts. (bsc#1108086) - qemu: Add support for SEV guests. (fate#325817) - util: Don't check for parallel iteration in hash-related functions. (bsc#1106420) - spec: Don't restart libvirt-guests when updating libvirt-client. (bsc#1104662) - Fix virNodeGetSEVInfo API crashing libvirtd on AMD SEV enabled hosts. (bsc#1108395)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for libvirt provides the following fixes: 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). Other issues addressed: - apparmor: reintroduce upstream lxc mount rules (bsc#1130129). - hook: encode incoming XML to UTF-8 before passing to lxml etree from string method (bsc#1123642). - supportconfig: collect rotated logs in /var/log/libvirt/* (bsc#1124667). - 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). - apparmor: add support for named profiles (bsc#1118952). - libxl: save current memory value after successful balloon (bsc#1120813). - apparmor: Fix ptrace rules. (bsc#1117058) - libxl: Add support for soft reset. (bsc#1081516) - libxl: Fix VM migration on busy hosts. (bsc#1108086) - qemu: Add support for SEV guests. (fate#325817) - util: Don't check for parallel iteration in hash-related functions. (bsc#1106420) - spec: Don't restart libvirt-guests when updating libvirt-client. (bsc#1104662) - Fix virNodeGetSEVInfo API crashing libvirtd on AMD SEV enabled hosts. (bsc#1108395)
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081516
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102604
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104662
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106420
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108086
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108395
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112182
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117058
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118952
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120813
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1123642
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1124667
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125665
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126325
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1127458
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130129
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3840
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190936-1/