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Libvirt API version 3.10.0 NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

SecuriTeam
August 1, 2020
1 min read
Published on August 1st, 2020
Summary

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. 

Credit:

The information has been provided by Han Han

The original article can be found at:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1790725

Details

In more detail, this flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD. Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a potential denial of service.

Vulnerable Systems:

Libvirt API version 3.10.0

CVE Information:

CVE-2020-10703

Disclosure Timeline:
Published Date:6/2/2020

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