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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841804
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2209-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the USN-2209-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the USN-2209-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled symlinks when using the
LXC driver. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete host
devices, create arbitrary nodes, and shutdown or power off the host.
(CVE-2013-6456)

Marian Krcmarik discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled seamless SPICE
migrations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2013-7336)

Affected Software/OS:
'libvirt' package(s) on Ubuntu 13.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6456
56187
http://secunia.com/advisories/56187
56215
http://secunia.com/advisories/56215
60895
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
65743
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65743
FEDORA-2014-2864
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129199.html
GLSA-201412-04
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fc590ad9f4
http://libvirt.org/news.html
http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732394
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045643
openSUSE-SU-2014:0593
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00004.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-7336
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/3
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0593 (Google Search)
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