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CVE-2023-3750

Libvirt: improper locking in virstoragepoolobjlistsearch may lead to denial of service

Published: Jul 24, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-667
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 48.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in libvirt. The virStoragePoolObjListSearch function does not return a locked pool as expected, resulting in a race condition and denial of service when attempting to lock the same object from another thread. This issue could allow clients connecting to the read-only socket to crash the libvirt daemon.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-667

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat, redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
libvirtOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
FedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
АЛЬТ СП 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/9a47442366fcf8a7b6d7422016d7bbb6764a1098
gitlab.com
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6253-1
ubuntu.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3750
access.redhat.com
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