CVE-2014-1447 Race condition in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the libvirtd daemon by closing connections during keepalive checks, causing a 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-2014-1447?
CVE-2014-1447 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 24 Jan 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1447?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1447?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-1447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Libvirt
Sources
Also known as CVE-2014-1448, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1447, GHSA-35qx-m8hh-rrjv.