Buffer overflow in libvirt - CVE-2013-4297
Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42521
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-2013-4297
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 virFileNBDDeviceAssociate function in util/virfile.c in libvirt 1.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
libvirt
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4297
Install update from vendor's website.