Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-1895-1

USN-1895-1: libvirt vulnerability

Publication date

2 July 2013

Overview

libvirt could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

13.04

Packages

libvirt - Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details

It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain storage pool
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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
13.04 raring	libvirt0 – 1.0.2-0ubuntu11.13.04.2

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References

CVE-2013-1962

CVE-2013-1962