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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-36

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-36
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Severity: Normal
Title: libvirt: Denial of Service
Date: December 24, 2014
Bugs: #532204, #533286
ID: 201412-36

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which
allows context-dependent attackers to cause Denial of Service.

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 < 1.2.10-r3 >= 1.2.10-r3

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 context-dependent attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service.

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 -v ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.10-r3"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8131
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8131
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8135
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8135
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8136
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8136

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-201412-36.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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