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CVE-2013-0216

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Description

The Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (loop) by triggering ring pointer corruption.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=48856286b64e4b66ec62b94e504d0b29c1ade664

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.8

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/12

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910883

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48856286b64e4b66ec62b94e504d0b29c1ade664

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-02-18

Updated: 2013-08-22

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.2

Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 4.4

Severity: MEDIUM

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