CVE-2013-6456

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6456
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-6456.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-6456
Downstream
Related
Withdrawn
2026-01-27T04:11:51.574955Z
Published
2014-04-15T23:55:08Z
Modified
2026-01-27T04:11:51.574955Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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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Affected packages