CVE-2019-3840
Public on 2019-03-27
Modified on 2019-11-14
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt in the way it gets interface information through the QEMU agent. An attacker in a guest VM can use this flaw to crash libvirtd and cause a denial of service.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libvirt | 2019-11-11 | ALAS2-2019-1361 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |