Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libvirt vulnerabilities (USN-4047-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126563

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4047-1 advisory.

Matthias Gerstner and Jn Tomko discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain API calls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to check for arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary binaries. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4047-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126563

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4047-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2019

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-clients, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-daemon-system, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-wireshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2019

Reference Information

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

USN: 4047-1