CVE-2013-0154

Publication date 12 January 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

The get_page_type function in xen/arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.2, when debugging is enabled, allows local PV or HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors related to a hypercall.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.2 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary

jdstrand

only affect Xen 4.2, and only when debugging enabled. Debugging is not enabled in Ubuntu 13.04.

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