Name | CVE-2024-2496 |
Description | A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-3778-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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libvirt (PTS) | buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | vulnerable |
| 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 |
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libvirt | source | buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | | DLA-3778-1 | |
libvirt | source | (unstable) | 9.8.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - libvirt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libvirt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/2ca94317ac642a70921947150ced8acc674ccdc8 (v9.8.0-rc1)