CVE-2024-2496

Publication date 18 March 2024

Last updated 20 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
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
Fixed 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.31+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm2

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.0 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

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