SB2013082904 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xen
Published: August 29, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013082904
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2077)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x does not properly restrict the contents of a XRSTOR, which allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.