Upstream information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the libxl_list_cpupool function in the libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when running "under memory pressure," returns the original pointer when the realloc function fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
National Vulnerability Database | |
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Base Score | 4.4 |
Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package
This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes. SUSE Bugzilla entries: 840592 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 842514 [RESOLVED / FIXED]SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2013:1774-1, published Wed Nov 27 09:04:10 MST 2013 openSUSE-SU-2013:1953-1
List of released packages
Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201310 sledsp3-xen-201310 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201310 slessp3-xen-201310 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201310 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
Product(s) | Source package | State |
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Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | xen | Unsupported |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | xen | Affected |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | xen | Affected |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | xen | Affected |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | xen | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | xen | Released |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Sep 26 13:56:39 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:16:32 2024