Mgaadv

mgaadv is a command line tool that can be used to query the advisories database. It is also the tool that is used to generate the advisories website.

Installation

# urpmi mga-advisories

Command line tool

Download / update the advisories database :

$ mgaadv update
New advisories have been downloaded :
MGAA-2013-0031 . Updated python-gobject packages fix wrong types for 3 elements
MGAA-2013-0030 . Adding mtpaint to Mageia 2
...

List advisories :

$ mgaadv list
MGAA-2013-0031 . Updated python-gobject packages fix wrong types for 3 elements
MGAA-2013-0030 . Adding mtpaint to Mageia 2
MGAA-2013-0029 . VLC upgrade for bug fixes
MGAA-2013-0028 . Updated apache-mod_auth_kerb package fixes typo in module configuration
MGAA-2013-0027 . Updated faenza-icon-theme package fixes distributor-logo
MGAA-2013-0026 . Updated qupzilla package fixes save problems
...

Show an advisory :

$ mgaadv show MGASA-2013-0166
MGASA-2013-0166 - Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Jun 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0166.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 3
CVE: CVE-2013-1962

Description:
It was found that libvirtd leaked file descriptors when listing all volumes
for a particular pool. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only
connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to cause libvirtd to consume all
available file descriptors, preventing other users from using libvirtd
services (such as starting a new guest) until libvirtd is restarted
(CVE-2013-1962).

References:
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1962
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0831.html
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10345

SRPMS:
- 3/core/libvirt-1.0.2-7.1.mga3