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CVE-2013-1796

Date: March 22, 2013

The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1796

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1796

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-1796

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917012

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c300aa64ddf57d9c5d9c898a64b36877345dd4a9

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58607

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1796

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c300aa64ddf57d9c5d9c898a64b36877345dd4a9

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1796

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2013-1796

Date: March 22, 2013

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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