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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-36 Moderate: libvirt Denial of Service

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The issues related to Denial of Service vulnerabilities in libvirt that affected Gentoo users have been addressed. It is recommended to update to the fixed versions immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which allows context-dependent attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo moderate severity Denial of Service libvirt

Resolution

All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.10-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8131 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8131 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8135 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8135 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8136 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8136

Availability

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

Severity: Normal
Title: libvirt: Denial of Service
Date: December 24, 2014
Bugs: #532204, #533286
ID: 201412-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo moderate severity Denial of Service libvirt

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/libvirt < 1.2.10-r3 >= 1.2.10-r3

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.