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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4423: CESA-2012:1359 (libvirt)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4423: CESA-2012:1359 (libvirt)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/19/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The 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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libvirt
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • centos-upgrade-libvirt-python

References

  • 55541
  • CVE-2012-4423
  • RHSA-2012:1359
  • 1027649
  • USN-1708-1

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