A NULL pointer deference flaw was found in the way libvirt handled empty drives. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd daemon resulting in denial of service.
Find out more about CVE-2017-2635 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as it does not contain the affected code.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 | libvirt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | libvirt | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Not affected |
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