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USN-2209-1: libvirt vulnerabilities

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USN-2209-1: libvirt vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Published
04/15/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0

References

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