CVE-2013-4154 (GCVE-0-2013-4154)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-30 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The qemuAgentCommand function in libvirt before 1.1.1, when a guest agent is not configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to "agent based cpu (un)plug," as demonstrated by the "virsh vcpucount foobar --guest" command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitd… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://libvirt.org/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984821 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986386 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/19/12 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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