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Ubuntu 13.04 : libvirt vulnerability (USN-1895-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67139

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain storage pool requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libvirt0 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1895-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67139

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1895-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1962

BID: 59937

USN: 1895-1