5.8

CVE-2013-6456: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-6456DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6456
Published 15-04-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6456 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2014-0243OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1

Timeline

  1. 15-04-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.58% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 1.2.3-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Redhat1 product
  • libvirt1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.5.1 | 1.0.5.2 | 1.0.5.3 | 1.0.5.4 | 1.0.5.5 | 1.0.5.6 | 1.0.6 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libvirt< 1.2.2-0ubuntu1

4 vendors · 4 products

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