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CVE-2013-1917

Published: 13 May 2013

Xen 3.1 through 4.x, when running 64-bit hosts on Intel CPUs, does not clear the NT flag when using an IRET after a SYSENTER instruction, which allows PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by triggering a #GP fault, which is not properly handled by another IRET instruction.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
hypervisor packages are in universe. For
issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate
tags to each section, ex:
Tags_xen: universe-binary
seth-arnold
only 64-bit paravirtualized guests on Intel CPUs

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

oneiric Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (4.1.2-2ubuntu2.8)
quantal
Released (4.1.3-3ubuntu1.5)
raring
Released (4.2.1-0ubuntu3.1)
saucy
Released (4.2.1-0ubuntu3.1)
upstream Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/binGS8guTt3VO.bin
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/binEL_7UvL5vH.bin
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/binGlTcGmAZhQ.bin
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/binswL9iUJWNc.bin
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

upstream Needed

xen-3.2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

upstream Needed

xen-3.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

upstream Needed

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.