CVE-2013-4416

Description

From CVE.org

The Ocaml xenstored implementation (oxenstored) in Xen 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (domain shutdown) via a large message reply.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This issue does not affect the versions of the xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it does not provide oxenstored.

This issue does 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 scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.35.2N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkAdjacent NetworkN/A
Access ComplexityHighMediumN/A
AuthenticationSingleSingleN/A
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactCompleteCompleteN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:A/AC:H/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. Upstream acknowledges Thomas Sanders (Citrix) as the original reporter.

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