SB2023073149 - SUSE update for libvirt 



SB2023073149 - SUSE update for libvirt

Published: July 31, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023073149
Severity
Medium
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-2023-3750)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the virStoragePoolObjListSearch() function. which does not return a locked pool as expected. A remote attacker with ability to connect to the read-only socket can crash the libvirt daemon.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.