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CVE-2013-4329 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/12/2013

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 2.5

Access Vector (AV): Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-07/msg00066.html Patch
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

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4329
NVD Published Date:
09/12/2013
NVD Last Modified:
01/06/2017