[USN-6763-1] libvirt vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6763-1
May 07, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary:

libvirt could allow unintended access to the virtproxyd service.

Software Description:
- libvirt: Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details:

Martin Širokov discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access
virtproxyd without authorization.

Update instructions:

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

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

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6763-1
   CVE-2024-4418

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

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