CVE-2013-4368

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-10-10
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


The outs instruction emulation in Xen 3.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and earlier, when using FS: or GS: segment override, uses an uninitialized variable as a segment base, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to obtain sensitive information (hypervisor stack content) via unspecified vectors related to stale data in a segment register.

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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 2.3
Vector String: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Single
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-14492013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-1449-12013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-1449-12013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5)ELSA-2013-14492013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-1449-12013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5)ELSA-2013-14492013-10-22


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