Packages
- libvirt - Libvirt virtualization toolkit
Details
Wenlong Huang discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain RPC
calls. A remote attacker could exploit this and cause libvirt to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04
LTS. (CVE-2012-4423)
Tingting Zheng discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled cleanup under
certain error conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this and cause
libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0170)
Wenlong Huang discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain RPC
calls. A remote attacker could exploit this and cause libvirt to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04
LTS. (CVE-2012-4423)
Tingting Zheng discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled cleanup under
certain error conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this and cause
libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0170)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
12.10 quantal | libvirt0 – 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 | ||
libvirt-bin – 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 | |||
12.04 precise | libvirt0 – 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.7 | ||
libvirt-bin – 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.7 |
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