CVE-2013-6457

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-12-20
Bugzilla:
1048629: CVE-2013-6457 libvirt: avoid crashing if calling 'virsh numatune' on an inactive domain (libxl)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.2.1 does not properly initialize the nodemap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an inactive domain to the virsh numatune command.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6457 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 5.2
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.0 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libvirt Not affected

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