1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1180-1

USN-1180-1: libvirt vulnerability

Publication date

28 July 2011

Overview

An authenticated attacker could send crafted input to libvirt and cause it to crash.

Releases

Packages

  • libvirt - Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details

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.

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.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
11.04 natty libvirt-bin –  0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5
10.10 maverick libvirt-bin –  0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1
10.04 lucid libvirt-bin –  0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16

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