CVE-2024-2496

Publication date 18 March 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 9.6.0-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8.0.0-1ubuntu7.10
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.19
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6734-1
    • libvirt vulnerabilities
    • 15 April 2024

Other references