Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0294 (libvirt)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0294: Updated libvirt package fixes security vulnerabilities 
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Sat, 5 Oct 2013 19:55:48 +0200
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MGASA-2013-0294 - Updated libvirt package fixes security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 05 Oct 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0294.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 2, 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4296,
     CVE-2013-4311,
     CVE-2013-5651

Description:
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 (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 (CVE-2013-5651).

Additionally, an update for a PolicyKit security issue required libvirt to
be updated to use a different API that is not affected by this security
issue (CVE-2013-4311).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11274
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4296
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4311
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5651

SRPMS:
- 3/core/libvirt-1.0.2-8.4.mga3
- 2/core/libvirt-0.9.12-1.mga2