NULL pointer dereference in Kubevirt - CVE-2024-31420

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NULL pointer dereference in Kubevirt - CVE-2024-31420

Published: August 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96603
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31420
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. An attacker with access to a guest virtual machine on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Kubevirt
OpenShift Virtualization

How to mitigate CVE-2024-31420

Install update from vendor's website.

Kubevirt - update to 1.3.1
OpenShift Virtualization - addressed in versions 4.15.5, 4.15.9

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