Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20120748
Revision Date:2012-06-20Version:634
Title:RHSA-2012:0748: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
Description:The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.

  • Bus and device IDs were ignored when attempting to attach multiple USB devices with identical vendor or product IDs to a guest. This could result in the wrong device being attached to a guest, giving that guest root access to the device. (CVE-2012-2693)

    These updated libvirt packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes.

    All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd must be restarted ("service libvirtd restart") for this update to take effect.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-2693
    CVE-2012-2693
    RHSA-2012:0748
    RHSA-2012:0748-05
    RHSA-2012:0748-05
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • libvirt is earlier than 0:0.9.10-21.el6
  • AND libvirt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-client is earlier than 0:0.9.10-21.el6
  • AND libvirt-client is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-devel is earlier than 0:0.9.10-21.el6
  • AND libvirt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-lock-sanlock is earlier than 0:0.9.10-21.el6
  • AND libvirt-lock-sanlock is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-python is earlier than 0:0.9.10-21.el6
  • AND libvirt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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