Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63041
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-694-1 (libvirt)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-694-1 (libvirt)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to libvirt announced via advisory USN-694-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that libvirt did not mark certain operations as read-only. A local attacker may be able to perform privileged actions such as migrating virtual machines, adjusting autostart flags, or accessing privileged data in the virtual machine memory and disks. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: libvirt0 0.3.0-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libvirt0 0.4.0-2ubuntu8.1 Ubuntu 8.10: libvirt0 0.4.4-3ubuntu3.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-694-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5086 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:004 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1 BugTraq ID: 32905 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905 http://osvdb.org/50919 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765 http://secunia.com/advisories/33198 http://secunia.com/advisories/33217 http://secunia.com/advisories/33292 http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
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