SB2013051704 - Resource management error in libvirt (Alpine package)
Published: May 17, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013051704
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.