QID 751282

Date Published: 2021-10-29

QID 751282: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libvirt (SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1)

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: security issue fixed: - cve-2021-3667: fixed a dos vulnerability in the libvirt virstoragepoollookupbytargetpath api. (
Bsc#1188843) non-security issues fixed: - resolved hangs/crashes on libvirtd shutdown (bsc#1182783) - qemu: normalize mac address in device conf on netdev hotplug (bsc#1184772) - libxl: fix driver reload (bsc#1190420) - libxl: add support for 'e820_host' settings (bsc#1185081) - libxl: fix domain shutdown (bsc#1184152)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 751282

    CVE-2021-3667 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-October/009661.html
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