CVE-2013-6456
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/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.
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redhat:libvirtfedoraproject:fedoraTechnical description
The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.
References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fc590ad9f4
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129199.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml