A libvirt security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-18
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 15, 2020
Bugs: #711306
ID: 202003-18

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt, the worst of
which may result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

Background
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libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-emulation/libvirt < 5.4.1 >= 5.4.1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A local privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands, escalate
privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-5.4.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-10161
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10161
[ 2 ] CVE-2019-10166
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10166
[ 3 ] CVE-2019-10167
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10167
[ 4 ] CVE-2019-10168
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10168

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-18

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5