CVE-2013-0215

Description

oxenstored 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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third party advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40f9c5e0a6d15b4ca1f6d4ed3a46f0871520eab5
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/10 mailing list
http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61401264eb00fae4ee4efc8e9a5067449283207b

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0215?
CVE-2013-0215 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0215?
To fix CVE-2013-0215, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0215 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-0215 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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