Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libvirt
announced via advisory DSA 2280-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202280-1
Insight
It was discovered that libvirt, a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems, is prone to an integer overflow (CVE-2011-2511).
Additionally, the stable version is prone to a denial of service, because its error reporting is not thread-safe (CVE-2011-1486).
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.3-5+squeeze2.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.6-10+lenny2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems will fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.2-7).
We recommend that you upgrade your libvirt packages.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2011-1486, CVE-2011-2511 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Related Vulnerabilities