libvirt vulnerability

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

* Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libvirt.

Software Description

* libvirt - Libvirt virtualization toolkit

Details

USN-4047-1 fixed a vulnerability in libvirt. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Matthias Gerstner and J**n Tomko discovered that libvirt
incorrectly handled certain API calls. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to check for arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary
binaries. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated
by the libvirt AppArmor profile.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libvirt-bin - 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm1
libvirt0 - 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

* USN-4047-1
* CVE-2019-10161

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