PT-2013-4874 · Red Hat · Libvirt
Published
2013-09-30
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2013-4153
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libvirt versions 1.0.6 through 1.1.0
Description
The issue is related to a double free vulnerability in the
qemuAgentGetVCPUs function. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a daemon crash, by sending a cpu count request. An example of how this can be done is through the "virsh vcpucount dom --guest" command.Recommendations
For libvirt versions 1.0.6 through 1.1.0, consider updating to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential denial of service attacks.
Exploit
Fix
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Libvirt