CVE-2013-4551

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."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/55398

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3