CVE-2013-4544

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-04-04
Bugzilla:
1087513: CVE-2013-4544 Qemu: vmxnet3: bounds checking buffer overrun

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU 2.0.0-rc0, 1.7.1, and earlier allows local guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) RX or (2) TX queue numbers or (3) interrupt indices. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4544 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Michael S. Tsirkin of Red Hat.

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