Memory Leak Affecting libvirt-admin package, versions <0:5.7.0-15.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVIRTADMIN-2575050
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Apr 2020

Introduced: 28 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-12430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvirt-admin to version 0:5.7.0-15.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5720.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-admin package and not the libvirt-admin package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt 4.10.0 though 6.x before 6.1.0. A memory leak was found in the virDomainListGetStats libvirt API that is responsible for retrieving domain statistics when managing QEMU guests. This flaw allows unprivileged users with a read-only connection to cause a memory leak in the domstats command, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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