Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-4297 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The virFileNBDDeviceAssociate function in util/virfile.c in libvirt 1.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201412-04.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-04 (libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service or cause information leakage. A local attacker may be able to escalate privileges, cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79814 published 2014-12-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79814 title GLSA-201412-04 : libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-04. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(79814); script_version("$Revision: 1.4 $"); script_cvs_date("$Date: 2015/04/13 14:33:56 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4292", "CVE-2013-4296", "CVE-2013-4297", "CVE-2013-4399", "CVE-2013-4400", "CVE-2013-4401", "CVE-2013-5651", "CVE-2013-6436", "CVE-2013-6456", "CVE-2013-6457", "CVE-2013-6458", "CVE-2013-7336", "CVE-2014-0028", "CVE-2014-0179", "CVE-2014-1447", "CVE-2014-3633", "CVE-2014-5177", "CVE-2014-7823"); script_bugtraq_id(62070, 62510, 62576, 62791, 62972, 63324, 63325, 64723, 64945, 64963, 65004, 65743, 66304, 67289, 69033, 70186, 71095); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201412-04"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201412-04 : libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-04 (libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service or cause information leakage. A local attacker may be able to escalate privileges, cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-04" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.9-r2'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libvirt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/libvirt", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.2.9-r2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.2.9-r2"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libvirt"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-18455.NASL description - Allow QoS change with update-device (bz #1014200) - Fix nwfilter crash during firewalld install (bz #1014762) - Fix crash with nographics (bz #1014088) Update to 1.1.3 release - Sync with v1.1.2-maint - Rebuild for libswan soname bump (bz #1009701) - CVE-2013-4311: Insecure polkit usage (bz #1009539, bz #1005332) - CVE-2013-4296: Invalid free memory stats (bz #1006173, bz #1009667) - CVE-2013-4297: Invalid free in NBDDeviceAssociate (bz #1006505, bz #1006511) - Fix virsh block-commit abort (bz #1010056) - Fix snapshot restore when VM has disabled usb support (bz #1011520) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-10-13 plugin id 70408 published 2013-10-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70408 title Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3-2.fc20 (2013-18455) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2013-18455. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(70408); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4296", "CVE-2013-4297", "CVE-2013-4311"); script_bugtraq_id(62508, 62510, 62576); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-18455"); script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3-2.fc20 (2013-18455)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - Allow QoS change with update-device (bz #1014200) - Fix nwfilter crash during firewalld install (bz #1014762) - Fix crash with nographics (bz #1014088) Update to 1.1.3 release - Sync with v1.1.2-maint - Rebuild for libswan soname bump (bz #1009701) - CVE-2013-4311: Insecure polkit usage (bz #1009539, bz #1005332) - CVE-2013-4296: Invalid free memory stats (bz #1006173, bz #1009667) - CVE-2013-4297: Invalid free in NBDDeviceAssociate (bz #1006505, bz #1006511) - Fix virsh block-commit abort (bz #1010056) - Fix snapshot restore when VM has disabled usb support (bz #1011520) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005332" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006173" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006505" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/118934.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e43a7d5a" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libvirt package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libvirt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/10/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/13"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"libvirt-1.1.3-2.fc20")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libvirt"); }