UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2496

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2496

    Published: 18 Mar 2024Last Modified: 20 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-2496

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2496, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2496, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2496, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6734-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8652-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvirt?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm2

    Affected versions

    1.1.1-0ubuntu8
    1.1.1-0ubuntu9
    1.1.4-0ubuntu2
    1.1.4-0ubuntu3
    1.1.4-0ubuntu4
    1.1.4-0ubuntu5

    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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