CVE-2013-2212

Description

From CVE.org

The vmx_set_uc_mode function in Xen 3.3 through 4.3, when disabling caches, allows local HVM guests with access to memory mapped I/O regions to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly hypervisor or guest kernel panic) via a crafted GFN range.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

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

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.35.7N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkAdjacent NetworkN/A
Access ComplexityHighMediumN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/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:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Xen for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Zhenzhong Duan as the original reporter.

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