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USN-6734-2: libvirt vulnerabilities

29 April 2024

Several security issues were fixed in libvirt.

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Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-6734-1: libvirt-daemon-config-network, libvirt-daemon, libnss-libvirt, libvirt-clients, libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, libvirt, libvirt-clients-qemu, libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs, libvirt-dev, libvirt-login-shell, libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc, libvirt-l10n, libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, libvirt-daemon-system, libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox, libvirt-daemon-system-sysv, libvirt-wireshark, libvirt0, libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct, libvirt-daemon-system-systemd, libvirt-sanlock, libvirt-daemon-driver-xen, libvirt-doc