CVE-2013-2078 (GCVE-0-2013-2078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Xen 4.0.2 through 4.0.4, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via certain bit combinations to the XSETBV instruction.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/03/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028613 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public
2013-06-03 00:00
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