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openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2014:0650-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 75359

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libvirt was patched to prevent expansion of entities when parsing XML files. This vulnerability allowed malicious users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CVE-2014-0179).

Solution

Update the affected libvirt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873705

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 75359

File Name: openSUSE-2014-369.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-client-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0179

BID: 67289