[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#856313: libvirt: CVE-2017-2635: Null pointer dereference when updating storage size on empty drives

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libvirt
Version: 3.0.0-2
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream patch security
Justification: user security hole

Hi Guido,

the following vulnerability was published for libvirt.

CVE-2017-2635[0]:
Null pointer dereference when updating storage size on empty drives

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2635
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2635

Regards,
Salvatore

p.s.: if you are short on time, I can happily prepare a NMU for this
      one.