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CVE-2011-2511

Published: 12 July 2011

Integer overflow in libvirt before 0.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VirDomainGetVcpus RPC call that triggers memory corruption.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
DoS is confirmed by a remote authenticated user
89d994ad6b0e8ebe9a2cd4e0e37119ff4c917550 (gnulib) may not actually
be required to fix in stable releases.
fixed in 0.8.3-5+squeeze2

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (0.7.5-5ubuntu27.16)
maverick
Released (0.8.3-1ubuntu19.1)
natty
Released (0.8.8-1ubuntu6.5)
upstream
Released (0.9.3, 0.9.2-7)
Patches:
upstream: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg01278.html
vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1019.html