Debian DSA-2846-1 : libvirt - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72011

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in Libvirt, a virtualisation abstraction library :

- CVE-2013-6458 It was discovered that insecure job usage could lead to denial of service against libvirtd.

- CVE-2014-1447 It was discovered that a race condition in keepalive handling could lead to denial of service against libvirtd.

Solution

Upgrade the libvirt packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.12.3-1. This bugfix point release also addresses some additional bugfixes.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72011

File Name: debian_DSA-2846.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6458, CVE-2014-1447

BID: 64723, 64945

DSA: 2846

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