ghsa-4c8j-w686-c2jw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 04:18
Modified
2022-05-17 04:18
Details

The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6456"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-04-15T23:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to \"paths under /proc/$PID/root\" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.",
  "id": "GHSA-4c8j-w686-c2jw",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T04:18:14Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T04:18:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6456"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732394"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045643"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fc590ad9f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=5fc590ad9f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://libvirt.org/news.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129199.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56187"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56215"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/60895"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65743"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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