The remoteDispatchStoragePoolListAllVolumes function in the storage pool manager in libvirt 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of requests "to list all volumes for the particular pool."
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1962 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 5 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libvirt) | RHSA-2013:0831 | 2013-05-16 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected |