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CentOS 5 : libvirt / libvirt.test (CESA-2011:0478)

low Nessus Plugin ID 53643

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remotely managing virtualized systems.

A flaw was found in the way libvirtd handled error reporting for concurrent connections. A remote attacker able to establish read-only connections to libvirtd on a server could use this flaw to crash libvirtd. (CVE-2011-1486)

All libvirt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd must be restarted ('service libvirtd restart') for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected libvirt and / or libvirt.test packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d77fa98

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef207a88

http://www.nessus.org/u?03828a46

http://www.nessus.org/u?9b4d7101

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 53643

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0478.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1486

BID: 47148

RHSA: 2011:0478