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CVE-2013-4311

Published: Oct 03, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.9 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4311
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibvirtRedhat0.9.12 (including)0.9.12 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2 (including)0.10.2 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.1 (including)0.10.2.1 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.2 (including)0.10.2.2 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.3 (including)0.10.2.3 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.4 (including)0.10.2.4 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.5 (including)0.10.2.5 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.6 (including)0.10.2.6 (including)
LibvirtRedhat0.10.2.7 (including)0.10.2.7 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5.1 (including)1.0.5.1 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5.2 (including)1.0.5.2 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5.3 (including)1.0.5.3 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5.4 (including)1.0.5.4 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.0.5.5 (including)1.0.5.5 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibvirt-0:0.10.2-18.el6_4.14*
LibvirtUbuntudevel*
LibvirtUbuntulucid*
LibvirtUbuntuprecise*
LibvirtUbuntuquantal*
LibvirtUbunturaring*

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