SB2013100103 - Information disclosure in Xen
Published: October 1, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013100103
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1442)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Xen 4.0 through 4.3.x, when using AVX or LWP capable CPUs, does not properly clear previous data from registers when using an XSAVE or XRSTOR to extend the state components of a saved or restored vCPU after touching other restored extended registers, which allows local guest OSes to obtain sensitive information by reading the registers.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00009.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/25/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029090