CVE-2013-2230 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the libvirt daemon via multiple event registration, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2230?
CVE-2013-2230 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 30 Sep 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The qemu driver (qemu/qemu_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors involving "multiple events registration."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2230?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2230?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-2230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Libvirt
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2230, GHSA-m9x7-c3r4-7hgh.