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CVE-2013-4551

Published: 18 November 2013

Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to "guest VMX instruction execution."

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
Only 4.2.x and newer are affected
mdeslaur
This is XSA-75

Priority

Medium

Status

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

precise Not vulnerable

quantal Not vulnerable

raring
Released (4.2.2-0ubuntu0.13.04.3)
saucy
Released (4.3.0-1ubuntu1.2)
upstream Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-11/bin2hKX7luNN5.bin
upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-11/biniGGC75KPr1.bin
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(end of life)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.