| Name | CVE-2013-6436 |
| Description | The lxcDomainGetMemoryParameters method in lxc/lxc_driver.c in libvirt 1.0.5 through 1.2.0 does not properly check the status of LXC guests when reading memory tunables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and libvirtd crash) via a guest in the shutdown status, as demonstrated by the "virsh memtune" 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) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.9-9+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.2.0-1 | 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) | 1.2.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present, introduced in 1.1)
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present, introduced in 1.1)