| Name | CVE-2013-6457 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4+deb12u2 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.10.0-3 | fixed |
| sid | 10.10.0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 1.2.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01258.html
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=f9ee91d35510ccbc6fc42cef8864b291b2d220f4
Introduced in http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=261c4f5fb93c5e23b8002f2760d4a7937cdb7f63