CVE-2013-0151

Publication date 7 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The do_hvm_op function in xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.2.x on the x86_32 platform does not prevent HVM_PARAM_NESTEDHVM (aka nested virtualization) operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (long-duration page mappings and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to an HVM guest in a domain with a large number of VCPUs.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.2 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-34 Only Xen version 4.2.x is vulnerable.