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Ubuntu 13.10 : libvirt vulnerability (USN-2026-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 70845
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly checked privileges when the virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function was used. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to gain write privileges, contrary to expected behaviour.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libvirt0 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 70845
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2026-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2013
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvirt0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4401
USN: 2026-1