SB20240312330 - Denial of service in libvirt
Published: March 12, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB20240312330
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1441)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the udevListInterfacesByStatus() function when the number of interfaces exceeds the size of the "names" array. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and crash the daemon.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.