Debian DSA-4469-1 : libvirt - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 126128

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Libvirt, a virtualisation abstraction library, allowing an API client with read-only permissions to execute arbitrary commands via the virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API, or read or execute arbitrary files via the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API.

Additionally the libvirt's cpu map was updated to make addressing CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130 and CVE-2019-11091 easier by supporting the md-clear, ssbd, spec-ctrl and ibpb CPU features when picking CPU models without having to fall back to host-passthrough.

Solution

Upgrade the libvirt packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.0-4+deb9u4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-3639

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5753

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5715

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12126

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12127

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12130

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11091

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libvirt

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libvirt

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4469

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126128

File Name: debian_DSA-4469.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2019

Updated: 5/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2019-10167

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10161, CVE-2019-10167

DSA: 4469