CVE-2013-2231
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6, HPC Node 6, Server 6, Workstation 6, Desktop Supplementary 6, Server Supplementary 6, Supplementary AUS 6.4, Supplementary EUS 6.4.z, and Workstation Supplementary 6, when installing on Windows, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program in an unspecified folder.
Find out more about CVE-2013-2231 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue does not affect the xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue does affect the qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Future qemu-kvm updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this flaw.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| 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 Supplementary (v. 6) (virtio-win) | RHSA-2013:1101 | 2013-07-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2013:1100 | 2013-07-22 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | virtio-win | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Lev Veyde of Red Hat.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation