Packages
- libvirt - Libvirt virtualization toolkit
Details
Petr Matousek discovered that libvirt did not always honor read-only
connections. An attacker who is authorized to connect to the libvirt daemon
could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash.
Petr Matousek discovered that libvirt did not always honor read-only
connections. An attacker who is authorized to connect to the libvirt daemon
could exploit this to 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 | ||
---|---|---|---|
9.10 karmic | libvirt0 – 0.7.0-1ubuntu13.3 | ||
10.10 maverick | libvirt0 – 0.8.3-1ubuntu14.1 | ||
10.04 lucid | libvirt0 – 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.9 |
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