CVE-2024-4418
Libvirt Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description
A race condition leading to a stack use-after-free flaw was found in libvirt. Due to a bad assumption in the virNetClientIOEventLoop() method, the `data` pointer to a stack-allocated virNetClientIOEventData structure ended up being used in the virNetClientIOEventFD callback while the data pointer's stack frame was concurrently being "freed" when returning from virNetClientIOEventLoop(). The 'virtproxyd' daemon can be used to trigger requests. If libvirt is configured with fine-grained access control, this issue, in theory, allows a user to escape their otherwise limited access. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to access virtproxyd without authenticating. Remote users would need to authenticate before they could access it.
INFO
Published Date :
May 8, 2024, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:42 a.m.
Source :
secalert@redhat.com
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4351 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4432 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4757 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4418 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278616 Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4IE44UIIC3QWBFRB4EUSFNLJBU6JLNSD/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q4ZQBAJVHIZMCZNTRPUW3ZKXRKLXRQZU/ -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Sep. 13, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4IE44UIIC3QWBFRB4EUSFNLJBU6JLNSD/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q4ZQBAJVHIZMCZNTRPUW3ZKXRKLXRQZU/ -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jul. 23, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4757 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jul. 09, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4432 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jul. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4351 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jun. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q4ZQBAJVHIZMCZNTRPUW3ZKXRKLXRQZU/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jun. 11, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4IE44UIIC3QWBFRB4EUSFNLJBU6JLNSD/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Received by secalert@redhat.com
May. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A race condition leading to a stack use-after-free flaw was found in libvirt. Due to a bad assumption in the virNetClientIOEventLoop() method, the `data` pointer to a stack-allocated virNetClientIOEventData structure ended up being used in the virNetClientIOEventFD callback while the data pointer's stack frame was concurrently being "freed" when returning from virNetClientIOEventLoop(). The 'virtproxyd' daemon can be used to trigger requests. If libvirt is configured with fine-grained access control, this issue, in theory, allows a user to escape their otherwise limited access. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to access virtproxyd without authenticating. Remote users would need to authenticate before they could access it. Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4418 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278616 [No types assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-416 Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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