Use After Free in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
CVE-2013-0170
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 12.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 16, 17, 18
- openSUSE — versions 12.1, 12.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Libvirt
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- osvdb.org/89644 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- libvirt.org/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81552 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1028047 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-0170?
- CVE-2013-0170 is a vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, classified under Use After Free. Published 2013-02-08.
- Is CVE-2013-0170 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.