Memory Leak Affecting libguestfs-benchmarking package, versions <1:1.40.2-28.0.4.module+el8.9.0+90333+3bd482f4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBGUESTFSBENCHMARKING-7255237
  • published15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed15 May 2023

Introduced: 15 May 2023

CVE-2023-2700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libguestfs-benchmarking to version 1:1.40.2-28.0.4.module+el8.9.0+90333+3bd482f4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12435.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libguestfs-benchmarking package and not the libguestfs-benchmarking package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libvirt. This security flaw ouccers due to repeatedly querying an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities that exposes a memory leak caused by a failure to free the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's g_autoptr cleanup.

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