CVE-2013-0231

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0231
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-13 01:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.1.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/89903 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0395-1: important: kernel: fixed lo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2632-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0674-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 43 (CVE-2013-0231) - Linux pciback DoS via not rate limited log messages. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA52059 - Xen "pciback_enable_msi()" Log Message Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0925-1: important: kernel: security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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