USN-6126-1

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    USN-6126-1

    Published: 31 May 2023Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: libvirt vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled the nwfilter driver. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0897) It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled queries for the SR-IOV PCI device capabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2700)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6126-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0897, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2700

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.0.0-1ubuntu7.5

    Affected versions

    7.6.0-0ubuntu1
    7.6.0-0ubuntu3

    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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