Buffer overflow in libvirt - CVE-2013-4239

 

Buffer overflow in libvirt - CVE-2013-4239

Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42519
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4239
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.

The xenDaemonListDefinedDomains function in xen/xend_internal.c in libvirt 1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via vectors involving the virConnectListDefinedDomains API function.


Affected software

libvirt

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4239

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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