CVE-2014-3633

Description

The qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune function in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 1.2.9, when a disk has been hot-plugged or removed from the live image, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive heap information via a crafted blkiotune query, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.63% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory libvirt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml vendor advisory
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3e745e8f775dfe6f64f18b5c2fe4791b35d3546b
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1352.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00014.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60291 third party advisory
http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0004.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00017.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3633?
CVE-2014-3633 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3633?
To fix CVE-2014-3633, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3633 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-3633 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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