Memory Leak Affecting virt:8.2/libvirt-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4407999
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed19 Feb 2020

Introduced: 19 Feb 2020

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 virt:8.2/libvirt-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:8.2/libvirt-docs package and not the virt:8.2/libvirt-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.

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