CVE-2013-1922

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-04-15
Bugzilla:
923219: CVE-2013-1922 qemu, qemu-kvm, kvm: qemu-nbd block format auto-detection vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

qemu-nbd in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.2.x, determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest OS administrators to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2004.

Find out more about CVE-2013-1922 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This issue does not affect versions of kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does not affect versions of qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.1 openstack-nova Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.0 openstack-nova Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.0 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Not affected
RHOS Essex Release openstack-nova Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was found by Daniel Berrange of Red Hat.

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