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title: "CVE-2013-5651\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-5651

Publication date 30 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The virBitmapParse function in util/virbitmap.c in libvirt before 1.1.2
allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
(out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted bitmap, as demonstrated by a
large nodeset value to numatune.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5651?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libvirt | 13.04 raring | Fixed 1.0.2-0ubuntu11.13.04.4 |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5651?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu 12.10 and lower are not affected

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libvirt | * Upstream:   <http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=47b9127e883677a0d60d767030a147450e919a25> * Upstream:   <http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=106a2ddaa7b5ef7d69242333e48d77fda0b7ccf3> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5651)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5651)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-5651)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5651)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1954-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1954-1)
+ libvirt vulnerabilities
+ 18 September 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5651>