CVE-2024-2496

medium

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269672

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2496

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2236

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-03-18

Updated: 2024-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium