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CVE-2013-0170

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-0170 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 11 products from redhat, from opensuse, from suse and 8 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-02-08T20:55:01.297

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	libvirt	< 0.9.6.4	Yes
Application	redhat	libvirt	< 0.9.11.9	Yes
Application	redhat	libvirt	< 0.10.2.3	Yes
Application	redhat	libvirt	< 1.0.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	16	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	6.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes

References

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46532e3e8ed5f5a736a02f67d6c805492f9ca720 ([email protected])
http://libvirt.org/news.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098370.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/89644 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0199.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52001 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52003 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57578 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028047 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893450 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81552 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46532e3e8ed5f5a736a02f67d6c805492f9ca720 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://libvirt.org/news.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098370.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/89644 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0199.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52001 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52003 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57578 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028047 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893450 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81552 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For redhat's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.