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Old 03-18-2011
Debian: 2194-1: libvirt: insufficient checks

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that libvirt, a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems, did not properly check for read-only connections. This allowed a local attacker to perform a denial of service (crash) or possibly escalate privileges. [More...]

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VIRT-HOST-VALIDATE(1)					      Virtualization Support					     VIRT-HOST-VALIDATE(1)

NAME
virt-host-validate - validate host virtualization setup SYNOPSIS
virt-host-validate [OPTIONS...] [HV-TYPE] DESCRIPTION
This tool validates that the host is configured in a suitable way to run libvirt hypervisor drivers. If invoked without any arguments it will check support for all hypervisor drivers it is aware of. Optionally it can be given a particular hypervisor type ('qemu' or 'lxc') to restrict the checks to those relevant for that virtualization technology OPTIONS
"-v", "--version" Display the command version "-h", "--help" Display the command line help "-q", "--quiet" Don't display details of individual checks being performed. Only display output if a check does not pass. EXIT STATUS
Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure a non-zero status will be set. AUTHOR
Daniel P. Berrange BUGS
Report any bugs discovered to the libvirt community via the mailing list "http://libvirt.org/contact.html" or bug tracker "http://libvirt.org/bugs.html". Alternatively report bugs to your software distributor / vendor. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 by Red Hat, Inc. LICENSE
virt-host-validate is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2+. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SEE ALSO
virsh(1), "virt-pki-validate", "virt-xml-validate" libvirt-1.1.1 2012-09-21 VIRT-HOST-VALIDATE(1)