CVE-2013-4130 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 20 Aug 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in SPICE servers by triggering network errors that lead to assertion failures and server exits.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-4130?

CVE-2013-4130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Aug 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) red_channel_pipes_add_type and (2) red_channel_pipes_add_empty_msg functions in server/red_channel.c in SPICE before 0.12.4 do not properly perform ring loops, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and server exit) by triggering a network error.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4130?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (13)

`spice-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`rhev-hypervisor6` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor	All versions	`0:6.4-20130912.1.el6_4`
`spice-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`
`spice-server-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:0.12.0-12.el6_4.3`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Spice Project Spice.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4130?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2013-4130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4130, GHSA-3mmx-gfx4-6h3r, MGASA-2013-0255, RHSA-2013:1192, RHSA-2013:1260, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4130.