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Ubuntu 13.10 : libvirt vulnerabilities (USN-2209-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73940
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled symlinks when using the LXC driver. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete host devices, create arbitrary nodes, and shutdown or power off the host. (CVE-2013-6456)Marian Krcmarik discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled seamless SPICE migrations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-7336).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libvirt-bin and / or libvirt0 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73940
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2209-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/9/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-6456, CVE-2013-7336
USN: 2209-1