Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870692
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for libvirt RHSA-2011:0391-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libvirt' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remotely managing virtualized systems. It was found that several libvirt API calls did not honor the read-only permission for connections. A local attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd on a server could use this flaw to execute commands that should be restricted to read-write connections, possibly leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2011-1146) Note: Previously, using rpmbuild without the '--define 'rhel 5'' option to build the libvirt source RPM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 failed with a 'Failed build dependencies' error for the device-mapper-devel package, as this -devel sub-package is not available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. With this update, the -devel sub-package is no longer checked by default as a dependency when building on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, allowing the libvirt source RPM to build as expected. All libvirt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd must be restarted ('service libvirtd restart') for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: libvirt on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1146 BugTraq ID: 46820 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820 Debian Security Information: DSA-2194 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262 http://secunia.com/advisories/43670 http://secunia.com/advisories/43780 http://secunia.com/advisories/43897 http://secunia.com/advisories/43917 http://secunia.com/advisories/44069 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:0311 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805 XForce ISS Database: libvirt-apicalls-dos(66012) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012
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