CVE-2013-2072

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2013-05-17
Bugzilla:
962322: CVE-2013-2072 xen: Buffer overflow in xencontrol Python bindings affecting xend

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.

Find out more about CVE-2013-2072 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.5
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Paolo Bonzini and Laszlo Ersek of Red Hat.

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