CVE-2013-0215

xen: oxenstored incorrect handling of certain Xenbus ring states

Published Mar 7, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
oxenstored in Xen 4.1.x, Xen 4.2.x, and xen-unstable does not properly consider the state of the Xenstore ring during read operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash and host-control outage, or memory consumption) or obtain sensitive control-plane data by leveraging guest administrative access.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0249 oxenstored in Xen 4.1.x, Xen 4.2.x, and xen-unstable does not properly consider the state of the Xenstore ring during read operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash and host-control outage, or memory consumption) or obtain sensitive control-plane data by leveraging guest administrative access.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:18 PM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 7, 2013, 5:04 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:48 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 5, 2013, 12:00 AM