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Ubuntu: USN-4021-1 (CVE-2019-10132): libvirt vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4021-1 (CVE-2019-10132): libvirt vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/22/2019
Created
06/22/2019
Added
06/20/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in libvirt >= 4.1.0 in the virtlockd-admin.socket and virtlogd-admin.socket systemd units. A missing SocketMode configuration parameter allows any user on the host to connect using virtlockd-admin-sock or virtlogd-admin-sock and perform administrative tasks against the virtlockd and virtlogd daemons.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-clients
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0

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