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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-3657

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.79%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the virConnectListAllDomains API command.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
2.79% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
libvirt/libvirt
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.