CVE-2013-0215

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0215
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-07 05:04:44 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionoxenstored in Xen 4.1.x, Xen 4.2.x, and xen-unstable does not properly consider the state of the Xenstore ring during read operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash and host-control outage, or memory consumption) or obtain sensitive control-plane data by leveraging guest administrative access.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 38 (CVE-2013-0215) - oxenstored incorrect handling of certain Xenbus ring states af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
xenbits.xen.org Git - xen.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org
Security Advisory SA55082 - Gentoo update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
xenbits.xen.org Git - xen.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org
xenbits.xen.org Git - xen.git/commit MITRE xenbits.xen.org
xenbits.xen.org Git - xen.git/commit MITRE xenbits.xen.org
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