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Medium
CVE-2013-4551
Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does...
Vulnerability Description
Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to "guest VMX instruction execution."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55398
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 15th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.