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CVE-2021-4147 (GCVE-0-2021-4147)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A malicious guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libvirt Affected: libvirt 2.33.0
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