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title: "CVE-2013-1962\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1962

Publication date 28 May 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The remoteDispatchStoragePoolListAllVolumes function in the storage pool
manager in libvirt 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of requests "to
list all volumes for the particular pool."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1962?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libvirt | 13.04 raring | Fixed 1.0.2-0ubuntu11.13.04.2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1962?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

remoteDispatchStoragePoolListAllVolumes() is not in quantal and
earlier

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libvirt | * Upstream:   <http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=ca697e90d5bd6a6dfb94bfb6d4438bdf9a44b739> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1962)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1962)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1962)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1962)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1895-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1895-1)
+ libvirt vulnerability
+ 2 July 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1962>