PT-2013-2162 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2013-02-17 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-0217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.8

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the Xen netback functionality. It allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service by consuming memory, triggered by certain error conditions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.8, update to version 3.7.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0217

USN-1756-1

USN-1760-1

USN-1767-1

USN-1768-1

USN-1769-1

USN-1774-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 21

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d5145d8eb2b9791533ffe4dc003b129b9696c48 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0217 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2503.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1767-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1774-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0217 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1756-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1769-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1760-1 · Vendor Advisory