SB2023053145 - Denial of service in libvirt



SB2023053145 - Denial of service in libvirt

Published: May 31, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023053145
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2700)

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

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's g_autoptr cleanup. A local user can repeatedly query an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities to cause memory leak and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.