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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2011:0643-1 (libvirt)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-updates@opensuse.org
Subject:  openSUSE-SU-2011:0643-1: moderate: libvirt
Date:  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:08:19 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID:  <20110616110819.137F03233C@maintenance.suse.de>
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openSUSE Security Update: libvirt ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0643-1 Rating: moderate References: #697904 Cross-References: CVE-2011-2178 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: A regression re-introduced automatic disk probing again which potentially allowed to uses to access arbitrary files (CVE-2011-2178). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch libvirt-4712 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): libvirt-0.8.8-0.10.1 libvirt-client-0.8.8-0.10.1 libvirt-devel-0.8.8-0.10.1 libvirt-doc-0.8.8-0.10.1 libvirt-python-0.8.8-0.10.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2178.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/697904


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