USN-1008-3: libvirt update
Publication date
23 October 2010
Overview
This update reenables recent bug fixes.
Releases
Packages
- libvirt - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
 
Details
USN-1008-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libvirt. The update for Ubuntu 10.04
LTS reverted a recent bug fix update. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that libvirt would probe disk backing stores without
 consulting the defined format for the disk. A privileged attacker in the
 guest could exploit this to read arbitrary files on the host. This issue
 only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. By default, guests are confined by an
 AppArmor profile which provided partial protection against this flaw.
 (CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238)
It was discovered that libvirt would create new VMs without setting a
 backing store format. A privileged attacker in the guest could exploit this
 to read arbitrary files on the host. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 8.04
 LTS. In Ubuntu 9.10 and later...
USN-1008-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libvirt. The update for Ubuntu 10.04
LTS reverted a recent bug fix update. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that libvirt would probe disk backing stores without
 consulting the defined format for the disk. A privileged attacker in the
 guest could exploit this to read arbitrary files on the host. This issue
 only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. By default, guests are confined by an
 AppArmor profile which provided partial protection against this flaw.
 (CVE-2010-2237, CVE-2010-2238)
It was discovered that libvirt would create new VMs without setting a
 backing store format. A privileged attacker in the guest could exploit this
 to read arbitrary files on the host. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 8.04
 LTS. In Ubuntu 9.10 and later guests are confined by an AppArmor profile
 which provided partial protection against this flaw. (CVE-2010-2239)
Jeremy Nickurak discovered that libvirt created iptables rules with too
 lenient mappings of source ports. A privileged attacker in the guest could
 bypass intended restrictions to access privileged resources on the host.
 (CVE-2010-2242)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.04 lucid | libvirt0 – 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.6 | ||
| libvirt-bin – 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.6 | |||
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