CVE-2023-2700: Medium severity red hat libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct vulnerability

Published May 15, 2023
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Updated

A vulnerability was found in libvirt. This security flaw ouccers due to repeatedly querying an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities that exposes a memory leak caused by a failure to free the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's gautoptr cleanup.

Other sources

Memory leak in virPCIVirtualFunctionList cleanup

Ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showbug.cgi?id=2193311 https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/6425a311b8ad19d6f9c0b315bf1d722551ea3585#874a1e768ade6ceb4538931cbc06248e73223306

Red Hat

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/libvirt<9.3.0
9.3.0
debian/libvirt
7.0.0-3+deb11u39.0.0-4+deb12u110.6.0-110.7.0-2
redhat libvirt=4.5.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=38
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=9.0

Event History

May 15, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Feb 21, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:42 AM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:41 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2023-2700?

The severity of CVE-2023-2700 is medium.

2

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2023-2700?

The affected software versions include libvirt 8.0.0-1ubuntu7.5, 8.6.0-0ubuntu3.2, 9.0.0-2ubuntu1.1, 9.3.0, Redhat Libvirt 4.5.0, Fedoraproject Fedora 38, Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0.

3

How can I fix the vulnerability in libvirt?

To fix the vulnerability in libvirt, update to the latest version provided by your software vendor.

4

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-2700?

More information about CVE-2023-2700 can be found at the following references: [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2700](access.redhat.com), [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203653](bugzilla.redhat.com), and [https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/6425a311b8ad19d6f9c0b315bf1d722551ea3585#874a1e768ade6ceb4538931cbc06248e73223306](gitlab.com).

5

What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-2700?

The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-2700 is CWE-401.

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