Upstream information

CVE-2013-2196 at MITRE

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Elf parser (libelf) in Xen 4.2.x and earlier allow local guest administrators with certain permissions to have an unspecified impact via a crafted kernel, related to "other problems" that are not CVE-2013-2194 or CVE-2013-2195.

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 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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 entry: 823011 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • xen >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201310
sledsp2-xen-201310
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201307
sledsp3-xen-201307
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.0.3_21548_16_2.6.32.59_0.9-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.0.3_21548_16_2.6.32.59_0.9-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.0.3_21548_16_2.6.32.59_0.9-0.5.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1
 Patchnames:
slessp1-xen-201402
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • xen >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_02_3.0.93_0.5-0.5.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201310
slessp2-xen-201310
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201307
slessp3-xen-201307
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.6_02-0.5.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201310
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.2_06-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201307

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.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xen Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 xen Not affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 xen Not affected
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 Desktop 12 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS 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 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS xen Not 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 Applications 12 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 xen Not affected
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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 xen Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:51:00 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:15:32 2024