Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.2.1-r10 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401241

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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.
(CVE-2013-2072)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401241

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2072

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2072

BID: 59982

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