Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-1447 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
| Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libvirt) | RHSA-2014:0103 | 2014-01-28 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected |
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