Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0166
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0166)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0166 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0166 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was found that libvirtd leaked file descriptors when listing all volumes for a particular pool. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to cause libvirtd to consume all available file descriptors, preventing other users from using libvirtd services (such as starting a new guest) until libvirtd is restarted (CVE-2013-1962). Affected Software/OS: 'libvirt' package(s) on Mageia 3. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1962 1028577 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028577 53440 http://secunia.com/advisories/53440 53475 http://secunia.com/advisories/53475 59937 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59937 93451 http://osvdb.org/93451 FEDORA-2013-8635 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106906.html FEDORA-2013-8681 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106921.html RHSA-2013:0831 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0831.html USN-1895-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1895-1 [libvir-list] 20130516 [libvirt] [PATCH] daemon: fix leak after listing all volumes https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-May/msg01222.html [oss-security] 20130516 CVE-2013-1962 libvirt: DoS (max count of open files exhaustion) due sockets leak in the storage pool http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/9 http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953107 libvirt-cve20131962-dos(84341) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84341 openSUSE-SU-2013:0885 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00022.html
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