Buffer overflow in libvirt - CVE-2013-4297

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Buffer overflow in libvirt - CVE-2013-4297

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42521
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4297
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: libvirt.org
Affected software:
libvirt

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4297

Install update from vendor's website.

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