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SUSE-SU-2019:0948-1 Not scored

Security update for libvirt

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)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 15, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 libvirt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 libvirt

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2019:0948-1

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)

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