CVE-2019-3840

CVE Details

Release Date:	2019-03-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.3
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack 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