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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702846
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2846-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the DSA-2846-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the DSA-2846-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security issues have been found in Libvirt, a virtualisation abstraction library:

CVE-2013-6458

It was discovered that insecure job usage could lead to denial of service against libvirtd.

CVE-2014-1447

It was discovered that a race condition in keepalive handling could lead to denial of service against libvirtd.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.12.3-1. This bugfix point release also addresses some additional bugfixes.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvirt packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libvirt' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6458
56186
http://secunia.com/advisories/56186
56446
http://secunia.com/advisories/56446
60895
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
DSA-2846
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2846
GLSA-201412-04
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
RHSA-2014:0103
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0103.html
USN-2093-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1
http://libvirt.org/news.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043069
openSUSE-SU-2014:0268
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00060.html
openSUSE-SU-2014:0270
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00062.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1447
Debian Security Information: DSA-2846 (Google Search)
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0103
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029695
http://secunia.com/advisories/56321
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0268 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0270 (Google Search)
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