| Name | CVE-2021-3559 |
| Description | A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7.0.0. It only affects hosts with a PCI device and driver that supports mediated devices (e.g., GRID driver). This flaw could be used by an unprivileged client with a read-only connection to crash the libvirt daemon by executing the 'nodedev-list' virsh command. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.0.0-2 | fixed |
| sid | 10.2.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code never in a released version)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/4c4d0e2da07b5a035b26a0ff13ec27070f7c7b1a (v7.0.0-rc1)
Introduced by: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/f1b08901f7ae7557f79d83bdac33cc0bd79d1437 (v6.10.0-rc1)