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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4047-2 Moderate: Libvirt API Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notification USN-5058-1 pertains to libvirt flaws impacting Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Upgrade strongly advised.
Several security issues were fixed in libvirt.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libvirt.

Software Description:

- libvirt: Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details:

USN-4047-1 fixed a vulnerability in libvirt. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Matthias Gerstner and Ján Tomko discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled

certain API calls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to check for

arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary binaries. In the default

installation, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libvirt-bin                     1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm1
  libvirt0                        1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4047-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4047-1

CVE-2019-10161

January 13, 2020

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Package Information

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