Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-4311. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

The weakness was shared 10/03/2013 with Ubuntu (Website). The advisory is shared at wiki.libvirt.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4311 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69999 (CentOS 6 : libvirt (CESA-2013:1272)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195905 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Libvirt Vulnerabilities (USN-1954-1)).

Upgrading to version 6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87287), Tenable (69999), SecurityFocus (BID 62508†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42847†). The entries VDB-65069 and VDB-65066 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 69999
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : libvirt (CESA-2013:1272)
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OpenVAS ID: 881796
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for libvirt CESA-2013:1272 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Linux 6

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09/18/2013 +98 days 🔍
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10/03/2013 +15 days 🔍
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01/12/2014 +101 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +436 days 🔍
01/08/2022 +2482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1270
Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4311 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4311
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65189

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X-Force: 87287
SecurityFocus: 62508 - libvirt CVE-2013-4311 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 42847 - RedHat Libvirt Local Security Bypass via Leveraging of a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject Race Condition, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 10:01
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 05/19/2017 10:44 (6), 01/08/2022 09:52 (3), 01/08/2022 09:56 (1), 01/08/2022 10:01 (2)
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