{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6456","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and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:49:41.548435Z","published":"2014-04-15T00:00:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:56Z","related":["USN-2209-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-6456"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6456"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2209-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6456"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libvirt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvirt@1.2.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["1.1.1-0ubuntu8","1.1.1-0ubuntu9","1.1.4-0ubuntu2","1.1.4-0ubuntu3","1.1.4-0ubuntu4","1.1.4-0ubuntu5","1.2.0-0ubuntu1","1.2.0-0ubuntu2","1.2.0-0ubuntu3","1.2.1-0ubuntu1","1.2.1-0ubuntu2","1.2.1-0ubuntu3","1.2.1-0ubuntu4","1.2.1-0ubuntu5","1.2.1-0ubuntu7","1.2.1-0ubuntu8","1.2.1-0ubuntu9","1.2.1-0ubuntu10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libvirt-bin","binary_version":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"libvirt-dev","binary_version":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"libvirt-doc","binary_version":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"libvirt0","binary_version":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"libvirt0-dbg","binary_version":"1.2.2-0ubuntu1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6456.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}