Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-694-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that libvirt did not mark certain operations as read-only. A local attacker may be able to perform privileged actions such as migrating virtual machines, adjusting autostart flags, or accessing privileged data in the virtual machine memory and disks.
Affected
libvirt vulnerability on Ubuntu 7.10 ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5086 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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