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Debian: DSA-2650-1 Moderate: Libvirt-Bin Local Access Control Issue

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2013
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Security Alert DSA-2650-1 regarding libvirt-bin mitigates unexpected modifications in file ownership concerning devices.
Bastian Blank discovered that libvirtd, a daemon for management of virtual machines, network and storage, would change ownership of devices files so they would be owned by user `li...

Summary

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.3-5+squeeze4.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.12-11.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.12-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvirt-bin 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/



Package: libvirt-bin
CVE ID: CVE-2013-1766

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