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Advisory Published
CVE Published
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CVE-2013-0167

First published: Wed Jan 09 2013(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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization=3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization=3.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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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