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Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : libvirt vulnerability (USN-694-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37984

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that libvirt did not mark certain operations as read-only. A local attacker may be able to perform privileged actions such as migrating virtual machines, adjusting autostart flags, or accessing privileged data in the virtual machine memory and disks.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/694-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37984

File Name: ubuntu_USN-694-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libvirt, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0-dbg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5086

USN: 694-1