CVE-2019-3840

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-03-27

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.

See more information about CVE-2019-3840 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (libvirt)	ELSA-2019-2294	2019-08-13

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