RHSA-2011:1197Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security and bug fix update

Published
August 23, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-2511 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-2511 — libvirt: integer overflow in VirDomainGetVcpus

🎯 Affected products28

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-client-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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