libvirt: multiple vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | libvirt | CVE #(s): | CVE-2013-4311 CVE-2013-4296 CVE-2013-5651 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | September 19, 2013 | Updated: | November 25, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Ubuntu advisory:
It was discovered that libvirt used the pkcheck tool in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass polkit authentication. In Ubuntu, libvirt polkit authentication is not enabled by default. (CVE-2013-4311) It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain memory stats requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 13.04. (CVE-2013-4296) It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain bitmap operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.04. (CVE-2013-5651) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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