CVE-2012-4423

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4423
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 12:10:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an event as the RPC number or (2) an RPC number whose value is in a "gap" in the RPC dispatch table.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.0.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.7 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.8 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.1.9 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.2.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.4.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.5.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.6.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.7.7 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.7 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.8 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.10 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.11 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.12 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.13 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.7 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.8 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.9.9 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- libvirt: null function pointer invocation in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix libvirtd crash possibility af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-1708-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0274-1: important: libvirt to fix u af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libvirt-0.9.11.6-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
libvirt 'virNetServerProgramDispatchCall()' Function Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
libvirt Flaw in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libvirt-0.9.6.3-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 857133 – CVE-2012-4423 libvirt: null function pointer invocation in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
CONFIRM:http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=f8fbeb50d52520a109d71c8566fed2ea600650ec MITRE libvirt.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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