CVE-2013-4236
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Description
The CVE Program describes this issue as:
VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the host to become "unavailable to the managment server" via invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 996166: vdsm: incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167 issue
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2013-4236
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
Red Hat | NVD | |
---|---|---|
CVSS v2 Base Score | 2.7 | 2.7 |
Attack Vector | Adjacent Network | Adjacent Network |
Access Complexity | Low | Low |
Authentication | Single | Single |
Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
Integrity Impact | None | None |
Availability Impact | Partial | Partial |
CVSS v2 Vector
Red Hat: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by David Gibson (Red Hat).
Frequently Asked Questions
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