CVE-2013-0170
Description
Use-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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Affected | — |
| 17 | Affected | — |
| 16 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.2 | Affected | — |
| 12.1 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.9.12-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.9.12-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.9.12-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.9.12-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.9.12-6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | libvirt | {"startIncluding":"0.9.6","endExcluding":"0.9.6.4"} | 0.9.6.4 |
References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46532e3e8ed5f5a736a02f67d6c805492f9ca720
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098370.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.html
- http://osvdb.org/89644
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0199.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52001
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52003
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57578
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028047
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893450
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81552
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0170
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.