# Security update for vhostmd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4416-1  
Release Date: 2024-12-24T08:21:06Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1129772
  * bsc#1152803
  * bsc#1154838
  * bsc#1181400
  * bsc#1230961

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * Server Applications Module 15-SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

  
  
An update that has five security fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for vhostmd fixes the following issues:

Updated to version 1.2

  * Fix actions using the 'free' command
  * Fix buffer accounting when generating metric XML
  * Change actions to retrieve vendor and product info
  * Add a 'unit' attribute to the metrics element
  * vif-stats.py: convert to Python3
  * conf: Update the 'VirtualizationVendor' action to strip any URLs that may
    follow the vendor name (bsc#1230961)
  * Fix virtio transport to work with libvirt >= 9.7.0
  * Added hardening to systemd service (bsc#1181400)
  * spec: Don't replace user-modified dtd in /etc/vhostmd/ (bsc#1154838)
  * Relax virtio requirement in config file (bsc#1152803)

Updated to version 1.1 (bsc#1129772)

  * Merge libserialclient with libmetrics
  * Misc bug fixes and improvements

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4416=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-4416=1

  * Server Applications Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2024-4416=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * vhostmd-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vm-dump-metrics-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vhostmd-debugsource-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * libmetrics0-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vm-dump-metrics-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * libmetrics-devel-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * libmetrics0-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vhostmd-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
  * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * vhostmd-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vm-dump-metrics-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vhostmd-debugsource-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vm-dump-metrics-1.2-150600.17.3.1
    * vhostmd-debuginfo-1.2-150600.17.3.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129772
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1152803
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154838
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181400
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230961