CVE-2013-0231 (GCVE-0-2013-0231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-02-13 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
VLAI
Summary
The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/52059 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://osvdb.org/89903 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2013-02-05 00:00
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