Race Condition Affecting libvirt package, versions <1.2.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.34% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBVIRT-18579069
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed24 Jan 2014

Introduced: 24 Jan 2014

CVE-2014-1447  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 1.2.1-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.

CVSS Base Scores

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