Red Hat libvirt up to 0.6.2 virFileNBDDeviceAssociate memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat libvirt up to 0.6.2. This affects the function virFileNBDDeviceAssociate. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-4297. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat libvirt up to 0.6.2 (Virtualization Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function virFileNBDDeviceAssociate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The virFileNBDDeviceAssociate function in util/virfile.c in libvirt 1.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 09/30/2013 with Red Hat as Bug CVE-201 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4297 since 06/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/08/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70408 (Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3-2.fc20 (2013-18455)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87733), Tenable (70408), SecurityFocus (BID 62576†), Secunia (SA60895†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53277†). The entries VDB-13218, VDB-67522, VDB-56096 and VDB-56006 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 70408
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3-2.fc20 (2013-18455)
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-04
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: 2dba0323ff0cec31bdcea9dd3b2428af297401f2

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06/12/2013 🔍
09/10/2013 +90 days 🔍
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09/30/2013 +20 days 🔍
09/30/2013 +0 days 🔍
12/10/2014 +436 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +104 days 🔍
10/07/2015 +197 days 🔍
01/08/2022 +2285 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug CVE-201
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65067
X-Force: 87733
SecurityFocus: 62576 - libvirt 'virFileNBDDeviceAssociate()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 60895 - Gentoo update for libvirt, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 53277 - Libvirt before 1.1.2 Remote DoS due to a Flaw in the virFileNBDDeviceAssociate Function in util/virfile.c, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 02:53
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (58), 02/03/2018 10:47 (17), 01/08/2022 02:46 (4), 01/08/2022 02:53 (1)
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