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

Posted on 09 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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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
========
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
======
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
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========
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@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


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