Improper Locking Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-network package, versions <7.1.0-6.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERNETWORK-2649849
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libvirt-daemon-driver-network to version 7.1.0-6.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-network package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-network package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A malicious guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.1 high
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Red Hat

6.5 medium