CVE-2013-0216

Description

From CVE.org

The Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (loop) by triggering ring pointer corruption.

Statement

This issue did affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.25.2N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkAdjacent NetworkN/A
Access ComplexityMediumMediumN/A
AuthenticationSingleSingleN/A
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactCompleteCompleteN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Xen project for reporting this issue.

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