SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0320-1
Rating:             important
References:         #782311 #800976 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0170
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   libvirt was updated to fix the following security issue:

   * A flaw was found in the way message freeing on
   connection cleanup was handled under certain error
   conditions. A remote user able to issue commands to libvirt
   daemon could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or,
   potentially, escalate their privilages to that of libvirtd
   process. (CVE-2013-0170)

   Also following bug has been fixed:

   * Add managedSave functions to legacy xen driver
   bnc#782311

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2013-0170
   

Indications:

   Everyone should install this update.

Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libvirt-7310

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-7310

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-7310

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      libvirt-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.25.1
      libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.25.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0170.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/782311
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/800976
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login