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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:40:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley@...us.mitre.org, Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
Subject: CVE request: libvirt: error reporting in libvirtd is not thread
 safe

"It has been found that when several libvirtd threads are
reporting errors at the same time, the errors can get mixed
or corrupted, potentially leading to a libvirtd crash (DoS)."

Reference:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693391
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-March/msg01087.html

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

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