CVE-2013-6436

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The lxcDomainGetMemoryParameters method in lxc/lxc_driver.c in libvirt 1.0.5 through 1.2.0 does not properly check the status of LXC guests when reading memory tunables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and libvirtd crash) via a guest in the shutdown status, as demonstrated by the "virsh memtune" command.

The lxcDomainGetMemoryParameters method in lxc/lxc_driver.c in libvirt 1.0.5 through 1.2.0 does not properly check the status of LXC guests when reading memory tunables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and libvirtd crash) via a guest in the shutdown status, as demonstrated by the "virsh memtune" command.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Red Hat libvirt

First reported 11 years ago

2014-01-07 19:55:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2015-01-03 01:03:00

Affected Software

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5

1.0.5

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.1

1.0.5.1

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.2

1.0.5.2

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.3

1.0.5.3

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.4

1.0.5.4

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.5

1.0.5.5

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.5.6

1.0.5.6

Red Hat libvirt 1.0.6

1.0.6

Red Hat libvirt 1.1.0

1.1.0

Red Hat libvirt 1.1.1

1.1.1

Red Hat libvirt 1.1.2

1.1.2

Red Hat libvirt 1.1.3

1.1.3

Red Hat libvirt 1.1.4

1.1.4

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.0

1.2.0

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