NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvirt package, versions [10.4.0,10.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVIRT-7856112
  • published 1 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 30 Aug 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade libvirt to version 10.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in due to udevListInterfacesByStatus() not handling a 0-length array. This allows an attacker to trigger a crash of virtinterfaced.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None