Improper Input Validation Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk package, versions <0:5.7.0-13.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERSTORAGEDISK-2560551
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 19 Mar 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk to version 0:5.7.0-13.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5674.

NVD Description

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

qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 6.0.0 mishandles the holding of a monitor job during a query to a guest agent, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API blockage).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.7 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.8 medium