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TI-2014-02977 Aliases CVE-2014-3657GHSA-543q-9rm2-x5f3

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not…

Priority LOW 28CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 16 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the virConnectListAllDomains API command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02791 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 16 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.2.8Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.5Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.6Vulnerablelibvirt
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.7Vulnerablelibvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.8 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.5 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.6 Vulnerable ·libvirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.7 Vulnerable ·libvirt

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:1873 Released 2014-11-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libvirt security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-python-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-python-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2.ppc +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2, libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-46.el6_6.2
  • RHSA-2014:1352 Released 2014-10-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libvirt security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-daemon-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-devel-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-docs-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-daemon-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3 +16
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3.ppc +16
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-login-shell-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libvirt-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-daemon-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libvirt-daemon-lxc-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3, libvirt-login-shell-1.1.1-29.el7_0.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1352
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-3657
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-543q-9rm2-x5f3

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

  • TI-2008-04837 Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2014-02954 The qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune function in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 1.2.9, when… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2015-04328 libvirt before 2.2 includes Ceph credentials on the qemu command line when using RADOS… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2009-00036 Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
  • TI-2010-02148 Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.0 through 0.8.2, creates new images without setting the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
  • TI-2010-02147 Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
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