Off-by-one in libvirt - CVE-2024-1441

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Off-by-one in libvirt - CVE-2024-1441

Published: March 12, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87448
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1441
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libvirt
Software vendor:
libvirt.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the udevListInterfacesByStatus() function when the number of interfaces exceeds the size of the "names" array. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and crash the daemon.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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