CVE-2013-6885

Publication date 29 November 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 13.10 saucy
Fixed 4.3.0-1ubuntu1.2
13.04 raring
Fixed 4.2.2-0ubuntu0.13.04.3
12.10 quantal
Fixed 4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
xen-3.3 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-82 Xen 3.3 and later are affected