CVE-2013-4329
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
The xenlight library (libxl) in Xen 4.0.x through 4.2.x, when IOMMU is disabled, provides access to a busmastering-capable PCI passthrough device before the IOMMU setup is complete, which allows local HVM guest domains to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a DMA instruction.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.3.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.3.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.3.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.3.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.3.0-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-07/msg00066.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/10/4
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4329
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.