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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libvirt vulnerabilities (USN-2867-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87888

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2867-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled the firewall rules on bridge networks when the daemon was restarted. This could result in an unintended firewall configuration. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-4600)

 Peter Krempa discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled locking when certain ACL checks failed. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8136)

 Luyao Huang discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled VNC passwords in shapshot and image files. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to possibly obtain VNC passwords. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-0236)

 Han Han discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled volume creation failure when used with NFS. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5247)

 Ossi Herrala and Joonas Kuorilehto discovered that libvirt incorrectly performed storage pool name validation. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to bypass ACLs and gain access to unintended files. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5313)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libvirt-bin, libvirt-dev and / or libvirt0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2867-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87888

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2867-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/13/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4600, CVE-2014-8136, CVE-2015-0236, CVE-2015-5247, CVE-2015-5313

USN: 2867-1