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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-04 ] libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:48:07
Message-Id: 548633E5.9080009@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 08, 2014
10 Bugs: #483048, #484014, #485520, #487684, #489374, #494072,
11 #496204, #498534, #502232, #504996, #509858, #524184, #528440
12 ID: 201412-04
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16 Synopsis
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19 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which
20 allows context-dependent attackers to escalate privileges.
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22 Background
23 ==========
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25 libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-emulation/libvirt < 1.2.9-r2 >= 1.2.9-r2
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35 Description
36 ===========
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
42 ======
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44 A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service or cause
45 information leakage. A local attacker may be able to escalate
46 privileges, cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary
47 code.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.9-r2"
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62 References
63 ==========
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-4292
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4292
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4296
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4296
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-4297
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4297
71 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-4399
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4399
73 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4400
74 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4400
75 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-4401
76 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4401
77 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-5651
78 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5651
79 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-6436
80 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6436
81 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-6456
82 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6456
83 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-6457
84 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6457
85 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-6458
86 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6458
87 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-7336
88 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7336
89 [ 13 ] CVE-2014-0028
90 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0028
91 [ 14 ] CVE-2014-0179
92 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0179
93 [ 15 ] CVE-2014-1447
94 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1447
95 [ 16 ] CVE-2014-3633
96 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3633
97 [ 17 ] CVE-2014-5177
98 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5177
99 [ 18 ] CVE-2014-7823
100 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7823
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102 Availability
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105 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
106 the Gentoo Security Website:
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108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
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110 Concerns?
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113 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
114 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
115 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
116 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
117 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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119 License
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122 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
123 belongs to its owner(s).
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125 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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