SB2013052902 - Resource management error in libvirt
Published: May 29, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013052902
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1962)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The remoteDispatchStoragePoolListAllVolumes function in the storage pool manager in libvirt 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of requests "to list all volumes for the particular pool."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106906.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106921.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00022.html
- http://osvdb.org/93451
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0831.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53440
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53475
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59937
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028577
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1895-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953107
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84341
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-May/msg01222.html