SUSE-SU-2012:1503-1: important: Security update for libvirt

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libvirt
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1503-1
Rating:             important
References:         #772586 #773621 #773626 #780432 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3497 CVE-2012-4411 CVE-2012-4535
                    CVE-2012-4536 CVE-2012-4537 CVE-2012-4538
                    CVE-2012-4539 CVE-2012-4544
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 fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   libvirt received security and bugfixes:

   * CVE-2012-4423: Fixed a libvirt remote denial of
   service (crash) problem.

   The following bugs have been fixed:

   * qemu: Fix probing for guest capabilities
   * xen-xm: Generate UUID if not specified
   * xenParseXM: don't dereference NULL pointer when
   script is empty

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-4539
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4539
   >
   * CVE-2012-3497
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3497
   >
   * CVE-2012-4411
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4411
   >
   * CVE-2012-4535
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4535
   >
   * CVE-2012-4537
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4537
   >
   * CVE-2012-4536
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4536
   >
   * CVE-2012-4538
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4538
   >
   * CVE-2012-4539
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4539
   >
   * CVE-2012-4544
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4544
   >


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-201211-7015

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-201211-7015

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-201211-7015

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


Package List:

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

      libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.23.1

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

      libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1

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

      libvirt-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1

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

      libvirt-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.23.1
      libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.23.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3497.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4411.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4535.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4536.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4537.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4538.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4539.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4544.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/772586
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/773621
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/773626
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/780432
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6c77cedf2e828c0cfa0f10bbd2cdbb87