Denial of service in Red Hat Virtualization

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU49910

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27827

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in lldpd when processing packets with multiple instances of certain TLVs. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

redhat-virtualization-host (Red Hat package): 4.3.11-20200922.0.el7_9 - 4.3.13-20210127.0.el7_9

redhat-release-virtualization-host (Red Hat package): 4.3.4-1.el7ev - 4.3.13-2.el7ev

Red Hat Virtualization: 4

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1051

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.