| Name | CVE-2012-4423 |
| Description | The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an event as the RPC number or (2) an RPC number whose value is in a "gap" in the RPC dispatch table. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 687598 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.9-9+deb8u8 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.9.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 0.9.12-5 | | | 687598 |
Notes
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857133
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/11