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Ubuntu 11.04 LTS USN-1180-2 Moderate: Libvirt Service Interruption

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An authenticated attacker could send crafted input to libvirt and cause it to crash.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1180-1
July 28, 2011

libvirt vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

An authenticated attacker could send crafted input to libvirt and cause it
to crash.

Software Description:
- libvirt: Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details:

Eric Blake discovered an integer overflow flaw in libvirt. A remote
authenticated attacker could exploit this by sending a crafted VCPU RPC
call and cause a denial of service via application crash.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libvirt-bin                     0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libvirt-bin                     0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libvirt-bin                     0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  
  CVE-2011-2511

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16


Ubuntu 11.04 LTS USN-1180-2 Moderate: Libvirt Service Interruption

ubuntu
Calendar Grey July 28, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A verified intruder could leverage a vulnerability in libvirt, resulting in service disruption on the impacted releases of Ubuntu.
An authenticated attacker could send crafted input to libvirt and cause it to crash.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: libvirt-bin 0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5 Ubuntu 10.10: libvirt-bin 0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libvirt-bin 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2011-2511

July 28, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16

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