Buffer overflow in Xen - CVE-2013-4416
Published: November 2, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42405
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4416
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The Ocaml xenstored implementation (oxenstored) in Xen 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (domain shutdown) via a large message reply.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4416
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
- http://osvdb.org/99072
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029264