Resource management error in libvirt - CVE-2013-1962
Published: May 29, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32678
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libvirt.org
Affected software:
libvirt
libvirt
Detailed vulnerability 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."
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1962
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106906.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106921.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00022.html
- http://osvdb.org/93451
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0831.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53440
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53475
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59937
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028577
- http://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