[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-04 ] libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-04

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Severity: High

Title: libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: December 08, 2014

Bugs: #483048, #484014, #485520, #487684, #489374, #494072,

#496204, #498534, #502232, #504996, #509858, #524184, #528440

ID: 201412-04

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which

allows context-dependent attackers to escalate privileges.

 

Background

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libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-emulation/libvirt < 1.2.9-r2 >= 1.2.9-r2

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service or cause

information leakage. A local attacker may be able to escalate

privileges, cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.9-r2"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4292

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4292

[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4296

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4296

[ 3 ] CVE-2013-4297

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4297

[ 4 ] CVE-2013-4399

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4399

[ 5 ] CVE-2013-4400

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4400

[ 6 ] CVE-2013-4401

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4401

[ 7 ] CVE-2013-5651

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5651

[ 8 ] CVE-2013-6436

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6436

[ 9 ] CVE-2013-6456

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6456

[ 10 ] CVE-2013-6457

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6457

[ 11 ] CVE-2013-6458

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6458

[ 12 ] CVE-2013-7336

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7336

[ 13 ] CVE-2014-0028

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0028

[ 14 ] CVE-2014-0179

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0179

[ 15 ] CVE-2014-1447

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1447

[ 16 ] CVE-2014-3633

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3633

[ 17 ] CVE-2014-5177

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5177

[ 18 ] CVE-2014-7823

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7823

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5