Description
libvirt 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of domain migrate parameters in certain RPC calls in (1) daemon/remote.c and (2) remote/remote_driver.c.
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libvirt | 1.1.2~rc2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libvirt | 1.1.2~rc2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libvirt | 1.1.2~rc2-1 | — |
References
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- 60895 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-201412-04 vendor-advisory
- [libvirt] 20130829 [PATCH 01/12] Add bounds checking on virDomainMigrate*Params RPC calls (CVE-2013-4292) mailing-list