CVE-2013-6456

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-6456
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-04-15T23:55:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T00:29:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.4
  • Impact Score
  • 7.8
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045643
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129199.html
http://libvirt.org/news.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56187 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732394
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=5fc590ad9f4 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/56215 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65743
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6456
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6456
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:24:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 22:41:23 2014-04-15T23:55Z 2014-04-15T23:55:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 22:41:23 2015-01-03T02:22:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 22:41:23 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 01:04:43 2023-02-13T00:29:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:04:43 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated