CVE-2013-1943 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1943?

CVE-2013-1943 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1943?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1943?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-1943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-ffvw-xh69-vrvc.