CVE-2013-1943
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20130329070349/http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2013-1935
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2013-1943
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2013-AVI-507 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2013-AVI-355 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |