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title: "CVE-2013-4239\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4239?format=md
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# CVE-2013-4239

Publication date 30 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The xenDaemonListDefinedDomains function in xen/xend\_internal.c in libvirt
1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service
(memory corruption and crash) via vectors involving the
virConnectListDefinedDomains API function.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4239?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libvirt | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4239?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu never had the original patch that cause this issue

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libvirt | * Introduced by   [http://](https://git.kernel.org/linus/http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=632180d1),   fixed by   [http://](https://git.kernel.org/linus/http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=0e671a16) * Break-fix:   <http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=632180d1 http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=0e671a16> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4239)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4239)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4239)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4239)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4239>