UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4536

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4536

    Published: 20 Feb 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4536
    Aliases:
    USN-2342-1

    Summary:

    Details: An user able to alter the savevm data (either on the disk or over the wire during migration) could use this flaw to to corrupt QEMU process memory on the (destination) host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4536, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00408.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2342-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4536

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    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