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
EPSS: 0.058 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 16, 17, 18
- Opensuse — versions 12.1, 12.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 6.3
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 6.0
- Redhat Libvirt
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
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.