CVE-2021-3559 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Redhat Libvirt
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 24
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7.0.0. It only affects hosts with a PCI device and driver that supports mediated devices (e.g., GRID driver). This flaw could be used by an unprivileged client with a read-only connection to crash the libvirt daemon by executing the 'nodedev-list' virsh command. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-4236-36gg-25m7: A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
CVE-2021-3559: A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7↗2021-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2021-3559: A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7↗2021-05-24