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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-pki-validate

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

NAME

	 virt-pki-validate - validate libvirt PKI files are configured correctly

SYNOPSIS

	 virt-pki-validate

DESCRIPTION

       This tool validates that the necessary PKI files are configured for a secure libvirt server or client using the TLS encryption protocol.
       It will report any missing certificate or key files on the host. It should be run as root to ensure it can read all the necessary files

EXIT STATUS

       Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure a non-zero status will be set.

AUTHOR

       Richard Jones

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) 2006-2010 by Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE

       virt-pki-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), online PKI setup instructions "http://libvirt.org/remote.html"

libvirt-0.8.1							    2010-07-05						      VIRT-PKI-VALIDATE(1)