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CentOS 7 : libvirt (CESA-2019:1579)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126076

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for libvirt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems.
In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.

Security Fix(es) :

* libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API (CVE-2019-10161)

* libvirt: virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML API exposed to readonly clients (CVE-2019-10166)

* libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API (CVE-2019-10167)

* libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU APIs (CVE-2019-10168)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Live migration fail with unsafe error when GPFS is used as shared filesystem (BZ#1715867)

Solution

Update the affected libvirt packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8343cb31

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126076

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-1579.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2019

Updated: 5/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10168

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-login-shell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-nss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-admin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-lxc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10161, CVE-2019-10166, CVE-2019-10167, CVE-2019-10168

RHSA: 2019:1579