{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2020:2970-1","published":"2020-10-20T14:06:17Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:19:45.776138Z","related":["CVE-2020-15708","CVE-2020-25637"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-15708","CVE-2020-25637"],"summary":"Security update for libvirt","details":"This update for libvirt fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2020-15708: Added a  note to libvirtd.conf about polkit auth in SUSE distros (bsc#1174955).\n- CVE-2020-25637: Fixed a double free in qemuAgentGetInterfaces() (bsc#1177155).\n- qemu: Avoid stale capabilities cache host CPU or kernel command line changes (bsc#1173157).\n- virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support (bsc#1175465).\n- Xen: Added support for passing arbitrary commands to the qemu device model, similar to the xl.cfg(5) device_model_args setting (bsc#1174139).\n- Xen: Don't add dom0 twice on driver reload (bsc#1176430).\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"libvirt","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.0-13.8.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"libvirt-libs":"6.0.0-13.8.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2020:2970-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libvirt","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.0-13.8.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"libvirt":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-admin":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-bash-completion":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-client":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-config-network":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-interface":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-network":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-secret":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-hooks":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-lxc":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-qemu":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-daemon-xen":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-devel":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-doc":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-lock-sanlock":"6.0.0-13.8.1","libvirt-nss":"6.0.0-13.8.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2020:2970-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20202970-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173157"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174139"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174955"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175465"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176430"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177155"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15708"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25637"}]}