CVE-2012-4423 Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:0.9.10-21.0.1.el6_3.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
13.01% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBVIRT-2469444
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Nov 2012

Introduced: 19 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-4423  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libvirt to version 0:0.9.10-21.0.1.el6_3.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-1359.

NVD Description

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

The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an event as the RPC number or (2) an RPC number whose value is in a "gap" in the RPC dispatch table.

CVSS Scores

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