libvirt virKeepAliveStart Connection State Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1029695 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1029695
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2014-1447
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 29 2014
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.2.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in libvirt. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can request a keepalive and then exit without waiting for the reply from the server to trigger a flaw in virKeepAliveStart() and cause the target libvirtd service to crash.
Jiri Denemark reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.2.1) [in January 2014].
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://libvirt.org/news.html
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Vendor URL: libvirt.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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