PT-2013-2137 · Xen+1 · Xen+1

Published 2013-01-12 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-0154

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen version 4.2

Description The issue is related to the get page type function in Xen, which can cause a denial of service when debugging is enabled. This can lead to an assertion failure and hypervisor crash. The issue is exploited via unspecified vectors related to a hypercall.

Recommendations For Xen version 4.2, consider disabling the debugging feature to prevent the denial of service. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the get page type function until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0154

Affected Products

Suse

Xen

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0154 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/88913 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/2 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/att-17/xsa37-4_2.patch · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027937 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/57159 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80977 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 · Note