SB2011053106 - Resource management error in libvirt

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SB2011053106 - Resource management error in libvirt

Published: May 31, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2011053106
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1486)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

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


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

libvirtd in libvirt before 0.9.0 does not use thread-safe error reporting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing multiple threads to report errors at the same time.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References