CVE-2013-0170

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Libvirt
PublishedFeb 8, 2013
First seenFeb 8, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • redhat libvirt0.9.6.4, 0.9.11.9, 0.10.2.3, 1.0.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat libvirt0.9.6 ≤ v < 0.9.6.4, 0.9.11 ≤ v < 0.9.11.9, 0.10.2 ≤ v < 0.10.2.3, 1.0.0 ≤ v < 1.0.20.9.6.4, 0.9.11.9, 0.10.2.3, 1.0.2
opensuse opensuse12.1, 12.2—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop11—
suse linux_enterprise_server11—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11—
fedoraproject fedora16, 17, 18—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation6.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 12.10—

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