CVE-2013-0170
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.
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Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libvirt) | RHSA-2013:0199 | 2013-01-28 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Tingting Zheng of Red Hat.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation