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CVE-2014-1447

Published: 24 January 2014

Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
per upstream, introduced in 0.9.8

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(0.7.5-5ubuntu27.24)
precise
Released (0.9.8-2ubuntu17.17)
quantal
Released (0.9.13-0ubuntu12.6)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy
Released (1.1.1-0ubuntu8.5)
upstream
Released (1.2.1-rc2)
Patches:
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=173c2914734eb5c32df6d35a82bf503e12261bcf
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=066c8ef6c18bc1faf8b3e10787b39796a7a06cc0