CVE-2013-6436

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8c1cb90213508c4f32549023b0572ed774e48aa
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00004.html
• http://osvdb.org/101485
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56245
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01170.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6436

CWEs

CWE-264

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