CVE-2013-0241 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 13 Feb 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a guest system crash or hang via a SPICE connection that blocks the qemu_mutex in the QXL display driver.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-0241?

CVE-2013-0241 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The QXL display driver in QXL Virtual GPU 0.1.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (guest crash or hang) via a SPICE connection that prevents other threads from obtaining the qemu_mutex mutex. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0241?

It affects 5 products.

Linux distribution packages (6)

`xorg-x11-drv-qxl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`
`xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`
`xorg-x11-drv-qxl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`
`xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`
`xorg-x11-drv-qxl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`
`xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:0.0.14-14.el6_3`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Qxl Graphics Driver Project Xf86-Video-Qxl, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0241?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-0241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0241, GHSA-6x5v-pqrf-rh9v, RHSA-2013:0218.