openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2010:0620-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49266

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libvirt did not properly handle configured disk formats which potenially allowed users to read arbitrary files (CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238, CVE-2010-2239)

Improperly mapped source privileged ports in guests may allow obtaining privileged resources on the host (CVE-2010-2242).

Solution

Update the affected libvirt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49266

File Name: suse_11_2_libvirt-100730.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-python, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238, CVE-2010-2239, CVE-2010-2242

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