CVE-2013-2078

Description

Xen 4.0.2 through 4.0.4, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via certain bit combinations to the XSETBV instruction.

CVSS Metrics

• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

  The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

• xen•xen

  4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2

References (5)

• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/03/3
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028613