Resource Management Errors Affecting libvirt-python package, versions <0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.34% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBVIRTPYTHON-2043467
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Mar 2011

Introduced: 23 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-1486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libvirt-python to version 0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-python package and not the libvirt-python package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirtd in libvirt before 0.9.0 does not use thread-safe error reporting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing multiple threads to report errors at the same time.

CVSS Scores

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