PT-2013-1262 · Red Hat+3 · Libvirt+4

Sebastian Krahmer

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Published

2013-09-19

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2013-4311

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hplip versions prior to 3.14.1 libvirt versions 1.0.5.x through 1.0.5.5 libvirt versions 0.10.2.x through 0.10.2.7 libvirt versions 0.9.12.x through 0.9.12.1
Description The issue affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. It can be exploited locally. For libvirt, the vulnerability allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a setuid process or pkexec process.
Recommendations For hplip versions prior to 3.14.1, update to version 3.14.1 or later. For libvirt versions 1.0.5.x through 1.0.5.5, update to version 1.0.5.6 or later. For libvirt versions 0.10.2.x through 0.10.2.7, update to version 0.10.2.8 or later. For libvirt versions 0.9.12.x through 0.9.12.1, update to version 0.9.12.2 or later.

Fix

Race Condition

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09744
CESA-2013_1272
CVE-2013-4311
MGASA-2013-0294
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1
RHSA-2013:1272
RHSA-2013_1272

Affected Products

Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Hplip
Libvirt