The ocaml binding for the xc_vcpu_getaffinity function in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/att-61/xsa69.patch | |
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml | vendor advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/13 | mailing list |