CVE-2013-1943

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-1943
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-07-16T14:08:50
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:42:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0911
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1943
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1943
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1943
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:02:15 2013-07-16T14:08Z 2013-07-16T14:08:50 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 19:02:15 2020-08-03T15:58:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 19:02:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 19:04:02 2023-02-02T18:17:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 19:04:02 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 19:04:02 The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c. CVE-2013-1943 kernel: kvm: missing check in kvm_set_memory_region() Description updated
2023-02-02 19:04:09 References updated
2023-02-13 05:05:47 2023-02-13T04:42:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:05:48 CVE-2013-1943 kernel: kvm: missing check in kvm_set_memory_region() The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c. Description updated