MGASA-2014-0243
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / MGASA-2014-0243
Summary: Updated libvirt packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
Details: Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerabilities: The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to paths under /proc//root and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function (CVE-2013-6456). libvirt was patched to prevent expansion of entities when parsing XML files. This vulnerability allowed malicious users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CVE-2014-0179).
References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0243.html, http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html, http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html, http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/mbs1/MDVSA-2014:097/, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12920, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13387
Affected packages
Package
Name: libvirt
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libvirt?arch=source&distro=mageia-3
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
