CVE-2013-0170

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 20.22% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory libvirt.org Vendor Advisory libvirt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/89644 vdb entry broken link
http://libvirt.org/news.html release notes vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81552 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases release notes vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028047 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098370.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46532e3e8ed5f5a736a02f67d6c805492f9ca720
http://secunia.com/advisories/52001 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0199.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57578 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893450 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/52003 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0170?
CVE-2013-0170 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0170?
To fix CVE-2013-0170, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0170 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-0170 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~20% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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