SB2014020406 - Race condition in libvirt (Alpine package)



SB2014020406 - Race condition in libvirt (Alpine package)

Published: February 4, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014020406
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1447)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.