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Old 12-17-2008
USN-694-1: libvirt vulnerability
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-5086


Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-694-1 December 18, 2008libvirt vulnerabilityCVE-2008-5086===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 7.10Ubuntu 8.04 LTSUbuntu 8.10This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 7.10: libvirt0 0.3.0-0ubuntu2.1Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libvirt0 0.4.0-2ubuntu8.1Ubuntu 8.10: libvirt0 0.4.4-3ubuntu3.1In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect thenecessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that libvirt did not mark certain operations as read-only. Alocal attacker may be able to perform privileged actions such as migratingvirtual machines, adjusting autostart flags, or accessing privileged data inthe virtual machine memory and disks.





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vmware2libvirt

VMWARE2LIBVIRT:(1)					  System Administration Utilities					VMWARE2LIBVIRT:(1)

NAME

       vmware2libvirt - vmware vmx to libvirt xml converter

SYNOPSIS

       vmware2libvirt [-q] -f FILE

DESCRIPTION

       This program outputs a libvirt xml file based on an existing vmware vmx file

OPTIONS

       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -q, --qemu
	      use qemu instead of kvm

       -f FILE, --file=FILE
	      vmware vmx file to convert

USAGE

       To start using a pre-existing vmware image with libvirt, you simply copy the vmware .vmx file and .vmdk file to a new directory. Then do:

	 vmware2libvirt -f ./file.vmx > file.xml
	 virsh -c qemu:///system define file.xml

       At this point, your vmware image should be available to libvirt.

CAVEATS

       vmware2libvirt currently will use the first scsi disk if found, otherwise the first ide disk. It will also use the first ethernet interface
       found.

SEE ALSO

	virsh(1), kvm(1), qemu(1)

AUTHOR

       vmware2libvirt is (C) 2008, Canonical Ltd.

       This manual page was originally written by Jamie Strandboge <jamie@canonical.com>

vmware2libvirt: 0.1						   February 2008						VMWARE2LIBVIRT:(1)