Description
VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the host to become "unavailable to the managment server" via guestInfo dictionaries with "unexpected fields."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | rhev-hypervisor6 | 6.4-20130528.0.el6_4 | RHSA-2013:0907 |
| RHEL 6 | vdsm +5 | 4.10.2-22.0.el6ev | RHSA-2013:0886 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhev Manager 3 | vdsm +1 | 4.10.2-22.0.el6ev | RHSA-2013:0886 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2013:0907 Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev-hypervisor6 security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0886 Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev 3.2 - vdsm security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893332
- RHSA-2013:0907 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0886 vendor-advisory