QEMU Guest Agent CVE-2013-2231 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	61388
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2013-2231
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jul 22 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 28 2013 12:35AM
Credit:	Lev Veyde of Red Hat
Vulnerable:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 QEMU QEMU 0 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS CentOS 6
Not Vulnerable:

QEMU Guest Agent CVE-2013-2231 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

QEMU is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the host operating system. Successful exploits will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

QEMU Guest Agent CVE-2013-2231 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

QEMU Guest Agent CVE-2013-2231 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

QEMU Guest Agent CVE-2013-2231 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• QEMU Homepage (QEMU)