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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-3840: Moderate: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2294)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-3840: Moderate: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2294)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/27/2019
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt before version 5.0.0 in the way it gets interface information through the QEMU agent. An attacker in a guest VM can use this flaw to crash libvirtd and cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libvirt
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-admin
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-bash-completion
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-kvm
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-lxc
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-docs
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-libs
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-login-shell
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-nss

References

  • CVE-2019-3840
  • RHSA-2019:2294

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