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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:11:08 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request -- libvirt: null function pointer
 invocation in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall()

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On 09/13/2012 10:51 AM, Petr Matousek wrote:
> It has been found that sending RPC message with an event as the
> RPC number, or RPC number that falls into gap in the RPC dispatch
> table, can lead to libvirtd accessing memory at page zero. A remote
> attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd (DoS).
> 
> Proposed upstream fix: 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-September/msg00843.html
>
>  References: 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-September/msg00843.html
>
> 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857133
> 
> Thanks,

Please use CVE-2012-4423  for this issue.

- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993

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