CVE-2011-1486

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    CVE-2011-1486

    Published: 31 May 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libvirtd in libvirt before 0.9.0 does not use thread-safe error reporting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing multiple threads to report errors at the same time.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/44459, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2280, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693391, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-March/msg01087.html, http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f44bfb7fb978c9313ce050a1c4149bf04aa0a670, http://securitytracker.com/id?1025477, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100134583, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0478.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0479.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47148

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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