CVE-2013-6457

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    CVE-2013-6457

    Published: 24 Jan 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.2.1 does not properly initialize the nodemap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an inactive domain to the virsh numatune command.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/60895, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048629, http://libvirt.org/news.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00060.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01176.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01258.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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