CVE-2013-6456 (GCVE-0-2013-6456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/56187 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045643 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65743 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/56215 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2014-02-19 00:00
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  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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