SB2013021304 - Memory leak in Xen

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0152)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within Xen 4.2 and unstable allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by performing nested virtualization in a way that triggers errors that are not properly handled. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23/8
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028032