Privilege escalation in Novell Open Desktop Server
CVE-2013-2016
A flaw was found in the way qemu v1.3.0 and later (virtio-rng) validates addresses when guest accesses the config space of a virtio device. If the virtio device has zero/small sized config space, such as virtio-rng, a privileged guest user could use this flaw to access the matching host's qemu address space and thus increase their privileges on the host.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Novell Open_desktop_server — versions 11.0
- Novell Open_enterprise_server — versions 11.0
- Qemu — versions 1.5.0
- Qemu (Virtio-rng) — versions v1.3.0 and later
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-2016?
- CVE-2013-2016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Open Desktop Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-30.
- How severe is CVE-2013-2016?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.