Debian DSA-2194-1: Libvirt Denial Of Service Threat and Fix
debian
March 18, 2011
It was discovered that libvirt, a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems, did not properly check for read-only connections
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Summary
The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.3-5+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.8-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libvirt packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libvirt
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1146
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