Debian DSA-2194-1 : libvirt - insufficient checks

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52718

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that libvirt, a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems, did not properly check for read-only connections. This allowed a local attacker to perform a denial of service (crash) or possibly escalate privileges.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the libvirt packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.3-5+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52718

File Name: debian_DSA-2194.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1146

BID: 46820

DSA: 2194

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