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Ubuntu: USN-2867-1 (CVE-2011-4600): libvirt vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2867-1 (CVE-2011-4600): libvirt vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
09/19/2017

Description

The networkReloadIptablesRules function in network/bridge_driver.c in libvirt before 0.9.9 does not properly handle firewall rules on bridge networks when libvirtd is restarted, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a (1) DNS or (2) DHCP query.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-2867-1
  • CVE-2011-4600

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