CVE-2013-0231

high

Description

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632

http://secunia.com/advisories/52059

http://osvdb.org/89903

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High