Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2013-2078

 

Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2013-2078

Published: August 14, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32663
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2078
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Xen 4.0.2 through 4.0.4, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via certain bit combinations to the XSETBV instruction.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-2078

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources