CVE-2013-6436 | BDVDB-2026-59193 Detail
Description#
The lxcDomainGetMemoryParameters method in lxc/lxc_driver.c in libvirt 1.0.5 through 1.2.0 does not properly check the status of LXC guests when reading memory tunables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and libvirtd crash) via a guest in the shutdown status, as demonstrated by the "virsh memtune" command.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1
- http://osvdb.org/101485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56245
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00004.html
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8c1cb90213508c4f32549023b0572ed774e48aa
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01170.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.