openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2010:0625-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75622

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libvirt did not properly handle configured disk formats which potenially allowed users to read arbitrary files (CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238, CVE-2010-2239)

Improperly mapped source privileged ports in guests may allow obtaining privileged resources on the host (CVE-2010-2242).

Solution

Update the affected libvirt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618155

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619991

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-09/msg00026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75622

File Name: suse_11_3_libvirt-100810.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvirt-client

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238, CVE-2010-2239, CVE-2010-2242