CVE-2013-2211

Publication date 28 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The libxenlight (libxl) toolstack library in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x uses weak permissions for xenstore keys for paravirtualised and emulated serial console devices, which allows local guest administrators to modify the xenstore value via unspecified vectors.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	13.04 raring	Fixed 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 4.1.3-3ubuntu1.7
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.10
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
xen-3.3	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

Vulnerable interface added in 4.0 XSA-57

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
xen	Upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-06/binuXPDlTvthz.bin Upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-06/binVAC3mRmerG.bin