GLSA 201412-36: libvirt: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libvirt: Denial of Service
Date:	12/24/2014
Bugs:	#532204, #533286
ID:	201412-36

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which allows context-dependent attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/libvirt	< 1.2.10-r3	>= 1.2.10-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.10-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-36.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.