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 1025262 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262 43670 http://secunia.com/advisories/43670 43780 http://secunia.com/advisories/43780 43897 http://secunia.com/advisories/43897 43917 http://secunia.com/advisories/43917 44069 http://secunia.com/advisories/44069 46820 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820 ADV-2011-0694 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694 ADV-2011-0700 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700 ADV-2011-0794 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794 ADV-2011-0805 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805 DSA-2194 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194 FEDORA-2011-3286 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html RHSA-2011:0391 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html USN-1094-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1 [oss-security] 20110309 CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3 [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773 http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650 libvirt-apicalls-dos(66012) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012 openSUSE-SU-2011:0311 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html
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