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KubeVirt NULL pointer dereference flaw

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 3, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2024

Package

gomod kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go)

Affected versions

<= 1.2.0

Patched versions

None

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 3, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 3, 2024
Reviewed Apr 3, 2024
Last updated Apr 3, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-31420

GHSA ID

GHSA-vjhf-6xfr-5p9g

Source code

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