CVE-2013-4551
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.7
Description
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."
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 | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55398
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4551
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.