SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libvirt (SAT Patch Number 2957)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51624

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

libvirt did not properly handle configured disk formats which potentially 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)

In addition, fixes for the following non-security issues were included :

- libvirt based kvm guest save operation takes too long.
(bnc#614853)

- With greater than 37 CPUs virt-manager throws exceptions. (bnc#609738)

- Stopping more than one VirtualDomain will fail.
(bnc#594024)

- Unable to install SLES 9 SP4 guest from CDs on KVM system. (bnc#626070)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 2957.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51624

File Name: suse_11_libvirt-100819.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-doc

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2010

Reference Information

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

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