Resource management error in Xen - CVE-2013-1432

 

Resource management error in Xen - CVE-2013-1432

Published: August 29, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32657
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1432
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.

Xen 4.1.x and 4.2.x, when the XSA-45 patch is in place, does not properly maintain references on pages stored for deferred cleanup, which allows local PV guest kernels to cause a denial of service (premature page free and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-1432

Install update from vendor's website.

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