Resource management error in libvirt

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU32678

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1962

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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."

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libvirt: 3.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:libvirt_org:libvirt:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106906.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106921.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00022.html
https://osvdb.org/93451
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0831.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/53440
https://secunia.com/advisories/53475
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/9
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59937
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028577
https://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

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.