CVE-2013-4311
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.1.3~rc1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.1.3~rc1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.1.3~rc1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1.3~rc1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1.3~rc1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | libvirt | 0.9.12 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.4 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.5 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.6 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 0.10.2.7 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.4 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.5 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1272.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1954-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4311
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.