Buffer overflow in virtio_net_load function in net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.3.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large MAC table.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4149 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
| 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 |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:0927 | 2014-07-23 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
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