CVE-2023-2700

Description

A vulnerability was found in libvirt. This security flaw ouccers due to repeatedly querying an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities that exposes a memory leak caused by a failure to free the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's g_autoptr cleanup.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a libvirt
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2700 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203653 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/6425a311b8ad19d6f9c0b315bf1d722551ea3585#874a1e768ade6ceb4538931cbc06248e73223306 patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0001/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EVK6JKP36CHE7YAFDJNPNLTW4OWJJ7TQ/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-2700?
CVE-2023-2700 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-2700?
To fix CVE-2023-2700, 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-2023-2700 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-2700 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-2700?
CVE-2023-2700 affects n/a libvirt.
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