ALAS-2024-2513

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-1441   CVE-2024-2494   CVE-2024-2496  

An off-by-one error flaw was found in the udevListInterfacesByStatus() function in libvirt when the number of interfaces exceeds the size of the `names` array. This issue can be reproduced by sending specially crafted data to the libvirt daemon, allowing an unprivileged client to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. (CVE-2024-1441) A flaw was found in the RPC library APIs of libvirt. The RPC server deserialization code allocates memory for arrays before the non-negative length check is performed by the C API entry points. Passing a negative length to the g_new0 function results in a crash due to the negative length being treated as a huge positive number. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. (CVE-2024-2494) NULL pointer dereference in udevConnectListAllInterfaces() (CVE-2024-2496)

ALAS-2024-2513


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2513
Advisory Release Date: 2024-04-11 01:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-04-15 12:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

An off-by-one error flaw was found in the udevListInterfacesByStatus() function in libvirt when the number of interfaces exceeds the size of the `names` array. This issue can be reproduced by sending specially crafted data to the libvirt daemon, allowing an unprivileged client to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. (CVE-2024-1441)

A flaw was found in the RPC library APIs of libvirt. The RPC server deserialization code allocates memory for arrays before the non-negative length check is performed by the C API entry points. Passing a negative length to the g_new0 function results in a crash due to the negative length being treated as a huge positive number. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. (CVE-2024-2494)

NULL pointer dereference in udevConnectListAllInterfaces() (CVE-2024-2496)


Affected Packages:

libvirt


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update libvirt to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libvirt-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-docs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-config-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-kvm-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-daemon-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-client-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-libs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-admin-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-bash-completion-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-login-shell-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-devel-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-lock-sanlock-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-nss-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64
    libvirt-debuginfo-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.aarch64

i686:
    libvirt-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-docs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-config-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-daemon-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-client-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-libs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-admin-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-bash-completion-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-login-shell-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-devel-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-nss-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686
    libvirt-debuginfo-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.i686

src:
    libvirt-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.src

x86_64:
    libvirt-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-docs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-config-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-network-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-kvm-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-daemon-lxc-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-client-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-libs-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-admin-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-bash-completion-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-login-shell-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-devel-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-lock-sanlock-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-nss-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64
    libvirt-debuginfo-4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.1.x86_64