#VU42523 Resource management error in libvirt - CVE-2013-2218
Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42523
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2218
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
libvirt
libvirt
Software vendor:
libvirt.org
libvirt.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Double free vulnerability in the virConnectListAllInterfaces method in interface/interface_backend_netcf.c in libvirt 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) via a filtering flag that causes an interface to be skipped, as demonstrated by the "virsh iface-list --inactive" command.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.