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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201202-07 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: February 27, 2012 |
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Bugs: #358877, #372963, #373991, #386287 |
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ID: 201202-07 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in libvirt, the worst of which |
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might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. |
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Background |
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libvirt is a C toolkit to manipulate virtual machines. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-emulation/libvirt < 0.9.3-r1 >= 0.9.3-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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These vulnerabilites allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of |
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Service condition on the host server or libvirt daemon, or might allow |
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guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-0.9.3-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1146 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1146 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2011-1486 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1486 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2178 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2178 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2011-2511 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2511 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-07.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |