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Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3.5-2.fc20 (2014-6586)

low Nessus Plugin ID 74175

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix xen hvm VNC port (bz #1094262)

 - CVE-2014-0179: Unsafe XML parsing (bz #1094792, bz #1088290)

 - Fix failure to start xen instances (rackspace in particular) (bz #1098376)

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Solution

Update the affected libvirt package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088290

http://www.nessus.org/u?6fd654dc

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74175

File Name: fedora_2014-6586.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2014

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: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libvirt

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0179

BID: 67289

FEDORA: 2014-6586