CVE-2013-4236
VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the...
CVE-2013-4236 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.7) in Redhat Enterprise Virtualization, published August 19, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. Fixed in vdsm 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev.
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 invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
2.7
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 invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
- Record
CVE-2013-4236- CVSS 2.0
- 2.7 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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 invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
- Record
CVE-2013-4236- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4140 No score
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 invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
- Record
EUVD-2013-4140- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jhj6-xfqh-j93v No score
VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the...
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 invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.
- Record
GHSA-jhj6-xfqh-j93v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
vdsmRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-cliRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-hook-vhostmdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-pythonRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-regRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-xmlrpcRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsmRed Hat:rhev_manager:3 |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-bootstrapRed Hat:rhev_manager:3 |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
vdsm-debuginfoRed Hat:rhev_manager:3 |
before 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev | 0:4.10.2-24.0.el6ev |
rhev-hypervisor6Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor |
before 0:6.4-20130815.0.el6_4 | 0:6.4-20130815.0.el6_4 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=vdsm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fe1615b7949999fc9abd896bde63bf24f8431d6
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1155.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996166
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4236
gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=vdsm.git;a=commit;h=5fe1615b7949999fc9abd896bde63bf24f8431d6
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jhj6-xfqh-j93v
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access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982639
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983599
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985556
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987042
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_1155.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4236
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4236
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1181
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0907.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1158.html
access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/chap-Deployment_Guide-Upgrading_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908234
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=946947
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996584
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_1181.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0791
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0791
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0791
mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-40.html
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1620
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1620
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1620
isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls