Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:0.10.2-18.0.1.el6_4.14


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBVIRT-2475884
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Oct 2013

Introduced: 3 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libvirt to version 0:0.10.2-18.0.1.el6_4.14 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-1272.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

CVSS Scores

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