CVE-2013-4148

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-4148  

Integer signedness error in the virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers a buffer overflow.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer signedness error in the virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4148 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2014:0888 2014-07-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2014:0927 2014-07-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2014:1268 2014-09-22
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2014:0888 2014-07-24
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) RHSA-2014:0674 2014-06-09
RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2014:0744 2014-06-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2014:0743 2014-06-10

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Not affected

Acknowledgements

The issues were discovered as part of the state loading code audit performed by Michael S. Tsirkin of Red Hat, Anthony Liguori and Michael Roth.