Description
The remoteDispatchStoragePoolListAllVolumes function in the storage pool manager in libvirt 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of requests "to list all volumes for the particular pool."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | libvirt +4 | 0.10.2-18.el6_4.5 | RHSA-2013:0831 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | libvirt | 2.5.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2013:0831 Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1 libvirt-2.5.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- FEDORA-2013-8635 vendor-advisory
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739
- [oss-security] 20130516 CVE-2013-1962 libvirt: DoS (max count of open files exhaustion) due sockets leak in the storage pool mailing-list
- FEDORA-2013-8681 vendor-advisory
- 93451 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953107
- USN-1895-1 vendor-advisory
- 59937 vdb-entry
- 53475 third-party-advisory
- 53440 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0831 vendor-advisory
- 1028577 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0885 vendor-advisory
- libvirt-cve20131962-dos(84341) vdb-entry
- [libvir-list] 20130516 [libvirt] [PATCH] daemon: fix leak after listing all volumes mailing-list