CVE-2013-2072

Description

Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106718.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106721.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106778.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/17/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2