[USN-6734-2] libvirt vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6734-2
April 29, 2024

libvirt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libvirt.

Software Description:
- libvirt: Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details:

USN-6734-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libvirt. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

  Alexander Kuznetsov discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain API
  calls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to crash,
  resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-1441)
   It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain RPC library API
  calls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to crash,
  resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2494)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libvirt-daemon                  10.0.0-2ubuntu8.1
   libvirt-daemon-system           10.0.0-2ubuntu8.1
   libvirt0                        10.0.0-2ubuntu8.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6734-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6734-1
   CVE-2024-1441, CVE-2024-2494

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/10.0.0-2ubuntu8.1

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