CVE-2013-5651

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-04

Posted Dec 8, 2014

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-4 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libvirt, worst of which allows context-dependent attackers to escalate privileges. Versions less than 1.2.9-r2 are affected.

tags | advisory, vulnerability

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2013-4292, CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-4297, CVE-2013-4399, CVE-2013-4400, CVE-2013-4401, CVE-2013-5651, CVE-2013-6436, CVE-2013-6456, CVE-2013-6457, CVE-2013-6458, CVE-2013-7336, CVE-2014-0028, CVE-2014-0179, CVE-2014-1447, CVE-2014-3633, CVE-2014-5177, CVE-2014-7823

SHA-256 | 04c111d3cb8f6077f1f1c216f9e56106ab6e31444d537f25d03e8ab04ca85eb1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1954-1

Posted Sep 18, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1954-1 - It was discovered that libvirt used the pkcheck tool in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass polkit authentication. In Ubuntu, libvirt polkit authentication is not enabled by default. It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain memory stats requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 13.04. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-4311, CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-5651, CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-4311, CVE-2013-5651

SHA-256 | 59ff3bfce1b5160cbf39adc5e7dbd353a7a26360a5e79205fa96bcdf56cace17

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