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Posted on 06 February 2013
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TITLE:
Xen oxenstored Xenbus Ring State Handling Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA52055
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RELEASE DATE:
2013-02-05
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Xen, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users in a guest virtual machine to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the oxenstored
daemon when handling Xenbus ring state content and can be exploited
to trigger an out-of-bounds read or exhaust system memory.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.1 and later.
SOLUTION:
Apply patch xsa38.patch.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
XSA-38:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/10
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