NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package, versions <0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERQEMU-1688675
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed2 Jun 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu to version 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1557.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. In more detail, this flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD. Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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