Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2013-0154

 

Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2013-0154

Published: January 12, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43208
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0154
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The get_page_type function in xen/arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.2, when debugging is enabled, allows local PV or HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors related to a hypercall.


Affected software

Xen
Gentoo Linux
app-emulation/xen
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub
app-emulation/xen-tools

How to mitigate CVE-2013-0154

Install update from vendor's website.

app-emulation/xen - update to 4.2.2-r1
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub - update to 4.2.2-r1
app-emulation/xen-tools - update to 4.2.2-r3

External References

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