NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package, versions <4.0.0-9.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERLIBXL-2711310
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2020

Introduced: 11 May 2020

CVE-2020-10703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl to version 4.0.0-9.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. In more detail, this flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD. Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1