- Issued:
- 2008-03-18
- Updated:
- 2008-03-18
RHBA-2008:0189 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libvirt bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated libvirt packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of
recent versions of Linux, and other operating systems.
These updated packages fix the following bugs:
- the xend_parse_sexp_desc() function used a fixed sized 4k buffer, which
could have been overgrown if the domain description was very complex. For
example, running the "virt-install" command with a large set of network
definitions, may have caused the XML description to exceed the 4k buffer.
When the buffer is re-allocated, libvirt tries to free the old buffer
address, resulting in a segmentation fault. As well, another buffer-growth
problem in libvirt has been resolved.
- a potential crash when applications use libvirt has been resolved.
Users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 430876 - libvirt: fix segmentation fault when buffer needs to be reallocated
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: ffc6df931bb1336481f50a723cde066ee1ad99ab180634326746d84006b99801 |
x86_64 | |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6d3973ffa8fee4de7a7f6deb8cdf9e093b47a9a8f509864cd03c358b17c6de0 |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 330c2facdf33df3f1f506ebdf14beb18530b5ab52d2e6a265ba9ac5814f03f5f |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c2e4851426737f28943a2066139d5ab1698ee34889792bc3df7ed3e42e789b57 |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e3363a748727be403adc495ead35be3f858a65cab6ac0eb62098a9af989a352 |
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b28880d28c10e2873b7da9a3d74c9ddfef3713f27a211dbee14b0425c0695dcc |
ia64 | |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9a05f8eec2b1d26910aac3e288022c4c9ec7f8267e197b2e44ce567e143be491 |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70aef269c5765624fa8ba3bf968ea28c84d780d09aae50dab3438d31466af42f |
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 8a585715a8a26d9c839c1264a625d74abb4ec354a05278f81c0c724a7548062d |
i386 | |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6d3973ffa8fee4de7a7f6deb8cdf9e093b47a9a8f509864cd03c358b17c6de0 |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c2e4851426737f28943a2066139d5ab1698ee34889792bc3df7ed3e42e789b57 |
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2221b76ab308bf1e1e6bf3716a21542159a58691c8368b241b90c5840d63bbd5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
ia64 | |
i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: ffc6df931bb1336481f50a723cde066ee1ad99ab180634326746d84006b99801 |
x86_64 | |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6d3973ffa8fee4de7a7f6deb8cdf9e093b47a9a8f509864cd03c358b17c6de0 |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 330c2facdf33df3f1f506ebdf14beb18530b5ab52d2e6a265ba9ac5814f03f5f |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c2e4851426737f28943a2066139d5ab1698ee34889792bc3df7ed3e42e789b57 |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e3363a748727be403adc495ead35be3f858a65cab6ac0eb62098a9af989a352 |
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b28880d28c10e2873b7da9a3d74c9ddfef3713f27a211dbee14b0425c0695dcc |
i386 | |
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6d3973ffa8fee4de7a7f6deb8cdf9e093b47a9a8f509864cd03c358b17c6de0 |
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c2e4851426737f28943a2066139d5ab1698ee34889792bc3df7ed3e42e789b57 |
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2221b76ab308bf1e1e6bf3716a21542159a58691c8368b241b90c5840d63bbd5 |
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