Race Condition Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:0.10.2-29.0.1.el6_5.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.87% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBVIRT-2480461
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:6 libvirt to version 0:0.10.2-29.0.1.el6_5.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-0103.

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.

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 Scores

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