CVE-2013-0167: Low severity red hat enterprise virtualization vulnerability

Published Jan 9, 2013
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Updated

A flaw was found in the way processing of unexpected fields in guestInfo dictionary were handled. A privileged guest user can potentially make the host the VM runs on unavailable to the managment server.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Dan Kenigsberg of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization team.

Other sources

VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the host to become "unavailable to the managment server" via guestInfo dictionaries with "unexpected fields."

MITRE

Affected Software

2 affected components
RedHat Enterprise Virtualization=3.0
RedHat Enterprise Virtualization=3.2

Event History

Jan 9, 2013
Data Sourced
06:40 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Aug 19, 2013
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0167?

CVE-2013-0167 is classified as a vulnerability that can potentially disrupt the availability of the host machine for management operations.

2

How do I fix CVE-2013-0167?

To fix CVE-2013-0167, update to the patched version of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 or 3.2 as provided by Red Hat.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2013-0167?

Privileged guest users on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 or 3.2 are affected by CVE-2013-0167.

4

What types of systems are susceptible to CVE-2013-0167?

CVE-2013-0167 affects Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization versions 3.0 and 3.2.

5

What potential impact does CVE-2013-0167 have on virtualization environments?

CVE-2013-0167 can make the host system running the virtual machine unavailable to the management server.

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