Memory Leak Affecting virt-v2v-man-pages-uk package, versions <1:1.42.0-19.0.1.module+el8.8.0+21161+70fb2747


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-VIRTV2VMANPAGESUK-5768448
  • published 23 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 15 May 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 virt-v2v-man-pages-uk to version 1:1.42.0-19.0.1.module+el8.8.0+21161+70fb2747 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-12924.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt-v2v-man-pages-uk package and not the virt-v2v-man-pages-uk 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • 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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SUSE

5 medium
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Red Hat

6.3 medium