CVE-2013-4368

xen: information leak through outs instruction emulation (XSA-67)

Published Oct 17, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 1.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The outs instruction emulation in Xen 3.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and earlier, when using FS: or GS: segment override, uses an uninitialized variable as a segment base, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to obtain sensitive information (hypervisor stack content) via unspecified vectors related to stale data in a segment register.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3006-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4250 The outs instruction emulation in Xen 3.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and earlier, when using FS: or GS: segment override, uses an uninitialized variable as a segment base, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to obtain sensitive information (hypervisor stack content) via unspecified vectors related to stale data in a segment register.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 17, 2013, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 10, 2013, 12:00 AM