SUSE-SU-2016:0304-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 01 Feb 2016, 15:46
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Feb 2016, 15:46
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Security update for libvirt libvirt was updated to fix one security issue and several non-security issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2015-0236: libvirt allowed remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface. (bsc#914693) - CVE-2015-5313: path traversal vulnerability allowed libvirtd process to write arbitrary files into file system using root permissions (bsc#953110) Theses non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#948686: Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up. - bsc#903757: Provide nodeGetSecurityModel implementation in libxl. - bsc#938228: Set disk type to BLOCK when driver is not tap or file. - bsc#948516: Fix profile_status to distinguish between errors and unconfined domains. - bsc#936524: Fix error starting lxc containers with direct interfaces. - bsc#921555: Fixed apparmor generated profile for PCI hostdevs. - bsc#899334: Include additional upstream fixes for systemd TerminateMachine. - bsc#921586: Fix security driver default settings in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf. - bsc#921355: Fixed a number of QEMU apparmor abstraction problems. - bsc#911737: Additional fix for the case where security labels aren't automatically set. - bsc#914297: Allow setting the URL of an SMT server to use in place of SCC. - bsc#904432: Backported route definition changes.

Affected Systems

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

    < 1.2.5-27.10.1

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

    < 1.2.5-27.10.1

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

    < 1.2.5-27.10.1

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

    < 1.2.5-27.10.1

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12

    < 1.2.5-27.10.1

References (17)