RHSA-2019:1579: Important: libvirt security and bug fix update

First published: Thu Jun 20 2019(Updated: )

The libvirt library contains 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.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API (CVE-2019-10161)</li> <li> libvirt: virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML API exposed to readonly clients (CVE-2019-10166)</li> <li> libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API (CVE-2019-10167)</li> <li> libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU APIs (CVE-2019-10168)</li> For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.<br>Bug Fix(es):<br><li> Live migration fail with unsafe error when GPFS is used as shared filesystem (BZ#1715867)</li>

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