PT-2013-2154 · Linux+2 · Xen+2
Published
2013-01-16
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Updated
2013-03-08
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CVE-2013-0190
CVSS v2.0
4.9
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Xen for the Linux kernel version 2.6.23
Description
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a guest crash, by triggering an iret fault. This leads to the use of an incorrect stack pointer and subsequent stack corruption.
Recommendations
For Xen for the Linux kernel version 2.6.23, consider applying a patch to fix the
xen failsafe callback function to prevent the iret fault and subsequent stack corruption.Fix
DoS
RCE
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Centos
Red Hat
Xen