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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:59:44 +0200
From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE Request -- libvirt: crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear

It has been found that sending crafted RPC command with nparams set to 0
can lead to libvirtd accessing random memory, possibly leading to crash.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd (DoS).

Upstream proposed fix:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-July/msg01650.html

References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-July/msg01650.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844734

Thanks,
-- 
Petr Matousek / Red Hat Security Response Team

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