Canonical Linux 6/11.0/12.04/12.10 Message Queue virNetMessageFree resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Canonical Linux 6/11.0/12.04/12.10. This affects the function virNetMessageFree of the component Message Queue. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-0170. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Canonical Linux 6/11.0/12.04/12.10. This issue affects the function virNetMessageFree of the component Message Queue. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/08/2013 as Bug 893450 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0170 since 12/06/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68716 (Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2013-0199)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166168 (SUSE Security Update for libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2013:0274-1)).

Upgrading to version 12.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81552), Tenable (68716), SecurityFocus (BID 57578†), OSVDB (89644†) and Secunia (SA52001†). See VDB-63684 and VDB-62989 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 68716
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2013-0199)
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OpenVAS ID: 881583
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for libvirt CESA-2013:0199 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Linux 12.10
Patch: 46532e3e8ed5f5a736a02f67d6c805492f9ca720

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12/06/2012 🔍
01/09/2013 +34 days 🔍
01/29/2013 +20 days 🔍
02/08/2013 +10 days 🔍
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02/10/2013 +2 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +152 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +620 days 🔍
12/29/2021 +2472 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 893450
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-0170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63533

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X-Force: 81552
SecurityFocus: 57578
Secunia: 52001 - Red Hat update for libvirt, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 89644
SecurityTracker: 1028047
Vulnerability Center: 38350 - Red Hat Libvirt 0.x and 1.x Remote Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows DoS During RPC Connection, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2021 08:33
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (74), 04/24/2017 13:38 (5), 12/29/2021 08:30 (5), 12/29/2021 08:33 (1)
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