#VU42520 Resource management error in libvirt - CVE-2013-4292

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42520

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4292

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
libvirt
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: libvirt.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

libvirt 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of domain migrate parameters in certain RPC calls in (1) daemon/remote.c and (2) remote/remote_driver.c.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libvirt: 1.1.0 - 1.1.1

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External links
https://libvirt.org/news.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/60895
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
https://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg83332.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.