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CVE-2014-3657

libvirt: domain_conf: domain deadlock DoS

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 1, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way libvirt's virConnectListAllDomains() function computed the number of used domains. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to make any domain operations within libvirt unresponsive.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of libvirt packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does affect the versions of libvirt packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Future updates may address this issue in the respective Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.3
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation