Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1447
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047577
• http://libvirt.org/news.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00060.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00062.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0103.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56321
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56446
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2846
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029695
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1