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CVE-2013-6456

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
15/04/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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