CVE-2014-3657
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the virConnectListAllDomains API command.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.2.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.9-1 |
References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fc22b2e74890873848b43fffae43025d22053669
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1352.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60291
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62303
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0005.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2404-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3657
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.