CVE-2013-0170

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0170
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-08 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:38:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libvirt-0.9.6.4-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0320-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA52003 - libvirt "virNetMessageFree()" Use-After-Free Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
libvirt Use-After-Free May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libvirt: Wiki: Maintenance Releases CONFIRM wiki.libvirt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libvirt-0.9.11.9-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
89644 OSVDB osvdb.org Broken Link
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0275-1: important: update for libvi SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA52001 - Red Hat update for libvirt - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
libvirt: Releases CONFIRM libvirt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-0170 MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libvirt-0.10.2.3-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit CONFIRM libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 893450 – CVE-2013-0170 libvirt: use-after-free in virNetMessageFree() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MISC libvirt.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0274-1: important: libvirt to fix u SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libvirt 'virNetMessageFree()' Function Use After Free Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-1708-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900035 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libvirt 6.1.0
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