Upstream information

CVE-2013-4371 at MITRE

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the libxl_list_cpupool function in the libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when running "under memory pressure," returns the original pointer when the realloc function fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 840592 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 842514 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.3_02_3.0.93_0.8-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.3_02_3.0.93_0.8-0.7.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201310
sledsp3-xen-201310
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.3_02_3.0.93_0.8-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.3_02_3.0.93_0.8-0.7.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201310
slessp3-xen-201310
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.3_02-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201310

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 26 13:56:39 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 11 14:21:12 2024