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CentOS 6 : libvirt (CESA-2013:1272)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69999
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated libvirt packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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 remote management of virtualized systems.
libvirt invokes the PolicyKit pkcheck utility to handle authorization.
A race condition was found in the way libvirt used this utility, allowing a local user to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations or execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. (CVE-2013-4311)
Note: With this update, libvirt has been rebuilt to communicate with PolicyKit via a different API that is not vulnerable to the race condition. The polkit RHSA-2013:1270 advisory must also be installed to fix the CVE-2013-4311 issue.
An invalid free flaw was found in libvirtd's remoteDispatchDomainMemoryStats function. An attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to crash libvirtd. (CVE-2013-4296)
The CVE-2013-4296 issue was discovered by Daniel P. Berrange of Red Hat.
This update also fixes the following bugs :
* Prior to this update, the libvirtd daemon leaked memory in the virCgroupMoveTask() function. A fix has been provided which prevents libvirtd from incorrect management of memory allocations. (BZ#984556)
* Previously, the libvirtd daemon was accessing one byte before the array in the virCgroupGetValueStr() function. This bug has been fixed and libvirtd now stays within the array bounds. (BZ#984561)
* When migrating, libvirtd leaked the migration URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) on destination. A patch has been provided to fix this bug and the migration URI is now freed correctly. (BZ#984578)
* Updating a network interface using virDomainUpdateDeviceFlags API failed when a boot order was set for that interface. The update failed even if the boot order was set in the provided device XML. The virDomainUpdateDeviceFlags API has been fixed to correctly parse the boot order specification from the provided device XML and updating network interfaces with boot orders now works as expected.
(BZ#1003934)
Users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected libvirt packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69999
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1272.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 9/20/2013
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: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4311
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libvirt-lock-sanlock
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-4311
RHSA: 2013:1272