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libvirt -- Multiple vulnerabilitiesentered 2025-12-04
Port details
devel/libvirt 12.8.0
Toolkit to interact with virtualization capabilities
Port info
- Maintainer
- novel@FreeBSD.org
- Packages
- latest: 12.8.0
- Upstream
- up to date
- Last update
- to 12.8.0 · 5c9aa1fb7d
- Quarterly
- 2026Q4: 12.7.0_1
- WWW
- https://libvirt.org/
- Links
- cgit · VuXML
Install
- Package
# pkg install libvirtinstalls 12.8.0 fromlatest; fromquarterly(2026Q4) 12.7.0_1- Port
# cd /usr/ports/devel/libvirt && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/devel/libvirt config # change options first
- Size
- 8.5 MiB download · 50 MiB installed
- Depends on
- devel/gettext-runtime 1.0_1, devel/glib20 2.88.3,2, devel/json-c 0.19_1, devel/readline 8.3.6, dns/dnsmasq 2.93,1, ftp/curl 8.23.0, net/libslirp 4.9.5, security/gnutls 3.8.13, security/libssh 0.12.2, security/libssh2 1.11.1_1,3, sysutils/dmidecode 3.7, textproc/libxml2 2.15.4
- License
- LGPL3
- Options
- 8 of 12 on in the package: BHYVE DOCS LIBSSH LIBSSH2 NLS READLINE SLIRP ZFS
Show the 4 options that are off
NSS QEMU SASL XEN - pkg-message
Shown after installing
To enable libvirtd please add libvirtd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. NOTE ON CONFIGURATION: The libvirt port does not come with networking configuration enabled. The 'default' network definition is available at: /usr/local/share/examples/libvirt/networks/default.xml To enable this network please do the following: cp /usr/local/share/examples/libvirt/networks/default.xml /usr/local/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks To configure this network for autostart, execute the following: ln -s ../default.xml /usr/local/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml If you have libvirtd already running you'll need to restart it for changes to take effect. For more details on using libvirt with bhyve please refer to: /usr/local/share/doc/libvirt/html/drvbhyve.html or: http://libvirt.org/drvbhyve.html
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | 12.8.0 | 12.8.0 | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 12.8.0 | 12.8.0 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 12.8.0 | 12.8.0 | 12.8.0 |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | 12.7.0_1 | 12.7.0_1 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 12.7.0_1 | 12.7.0_1 | 12.7.0_1 |
version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.
Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)
No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by
pkg audit for the packaged version 12.8.0.Fixed (2)
Show 2 fixed
VuXML entries whose affected range the packaged version has left.
libvirt -- ACL bypass using ../ to access beyond storage poolentered 2015-12-20
Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.
Commits (253)
- Install libvirt.pc to libdata/pkgconfig - Use lib instead of LIB32DIR - Respect PYTHON_SITELIBDIR: replace %%LIB32DIR%%/python2.7/site-packages - Use = instead of += - Bump PORTREVISION for PLIST change PR: ports/157224 Submitted by: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com> (maintainer)b6ddc60079
A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux, and other OSes. libvirt provides: * Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates * Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL * Local access control using PolicyKit * Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS * Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage * Portable client API for Linux, Solaris and Windows WWW: http://libvirt.org/ PR: ports/157024 Submitted by: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com>785c2b55b8