SB2013041301 - Use-after-free in Xen
Published: April 13, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013041301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1920)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing unspecified vectors. A local guest kernels can inject arbitrary events and gain privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00049.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/92050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/04/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58880
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028388
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83226