Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : libvirt vulnerability (USN-1180-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55730

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Eric Blake discovered an integer overflow flaw in libvirt. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this by sending a crafted VCPU RPC call and cause a denial of service via application crash.

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Solution

Update the affected libvirt-bin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55730

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1180-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 7/29/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2511

BID: 48478

USN: 1180-1

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