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openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (libvirt-373)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40272

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libvirt misses some read-only connection checks for certain methods.
This flaw enables local unprivileged users for example to migrate virtual machines without authentication (CVE-2008-5086).

Solution

Update the affected libvirt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459009

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40272

File Name: suse_11_1_libvirt-081218.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:novell:opensuse:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-python

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5086