CVE-2013-0231

CVE Details

Release Date:	2013-02-05
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.2
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2013-0747	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2013-0747-1	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2503	2013-02-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0747-1	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0747	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0747-1	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0747	2013-04-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2503	2013-02-07