Bug 844734 (CVE-2012-3445) - CVE-2012-3445 libvirt: crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear
Summary: CVE-2012-3445 libvirt: crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-3445
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 844248 844735 844745
Blocks: 844749
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Reported: 2012-07-31 14:49 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2021-10-19 21:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-19 21:55:41 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:1202 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: libvirt security and bug fix update 2012-08-23 18:55:07 UTC

Description Petr Matousek 2012-07-31 14:49:36 UTC 
It has been found that sending crafted RPC command with nparams set to 0 can lead to libvirtd accessing random memory, possibly leading to crash. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd (DoS).

Upstream proposed fix:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-July/msg01650.html
Comment 2 Petr Matousek 2012-07-31 15:39:08 UTC 
Statement:

The versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are not affected.

Future libvirt updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this flaw.
Comment 3 Petr Matousek 2012-07-31 15:39:58 UTC 
Created libvirt tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 844745]
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-08-22 21:11:35 UTC 
libvirt-0.9.6.2-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-08-23 14:57:46 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1202 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1202.html
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-09-04 22:56:25 UTC 
libvirt-0.9.11.5-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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