CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-6456

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2014-04-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-04-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.

Affected configurations

• redhat libvirt 1.0.1 • redhat libvirt 1.0.2 • redhat libvirt 1.0.3 • redhat libvirt 1.0.4 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.1 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.2 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.3 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.4 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.5 • redhat libvirt 1.0.5.6 • redhat libvirt 1.0.6 • redhat libvirt 1.1.0 • redhat libvirt 1.1.1 • redhat libvirt 1.1.2 • redhat libvirt 1.1.3 • redhat libvirt 1.1.4 • redhat libvirt 1.2.0 • redhat libvirt 1.2.1 • fedoraproject fedora 20

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References