CVE-2013-4377

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-4377  

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virtio-pci implementation in Qemu 1.4.0 through 1.6.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by "hot-unplugging" a virtio device.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virtio-pci implementation in Qemu 1.4.0 through 1.6.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by "hot-unplugging" a virtio device.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4377 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of qemu-kvm as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 qemu-kvm Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Sibiao Luo of Red Hat.