NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvirt package, versions <5.0.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.48% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBVIRT-338178
  • published28 Feb 2019
  • disclosed27 Mar 2019

Introduced: 28 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-3840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libvirt to version 5.0.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt before version 5.0.0 in the way it gets interface information through the QEMU agent. An attacker in a guest VM can use this flaw to crash libvirtd and cause a denial of service.