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CVE-2024-31420

Cnv: dos through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes



Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.

Reserved 2024-04-03 | Published 2024-04-03 | Updated 2025-02-07 | Assigner redhat


MEDIUM: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4.15.0
affected

Default status
unaffected

Timeline

2024-04-03:Reported to Red Hat.
2024-04-03:Made public.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951 (RHBZ#2272951) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2024-31420)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-31420)

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