MGASA-2013-0294

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MGASA-2013-0294

Summary: Updated libvirt package fixes security vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain memory stats requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2013-4296). It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain bitmap operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2013-5651). Additionally, an update for a PolicyKit security issue required libvirt to be updated to use a different API that is not affected by this security issue (CVE-2013-4311).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0294.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11274