CVE-2020-12430

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12430
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-28 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-04-01 13:16:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt 4.10.0 though 6.x before 6.1.0. A memory leak was found in the virDomainListGetStats libvirt API that is responsible for retrieving domain statistics when managing QEMU guests. This flaw allows unprivileged users with a read-only connection to cause a memory leak in the domstats command, resulting in a potential denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit libvirt.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libvirt-5.6.0-7.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
1828190 – (CVE-2020-12430) CVE-2020-12430 libvirt: memory leak in domstats may allow read-only user to perform DoS attack MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libvirt-5.6.0-7.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[debian-lts-announce] 20240401 [SECURITY] [DLA 3778-1] libvirt security update lists.debian.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MISC libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4371-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE-2020-12430 Libvirt Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Bug Access Denied MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 6000552 Debian Security Update for libvirt (DLA 3778-1)
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