CVE-2012-4423

Publication date 19 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an event as the RPC number or (2) an RPC number whose value is in a “gap” in the RPC dispatch table.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 12.10 quantal
Fixed 0.9.13-0ubuntu10
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.7
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 0.9.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt