SB2014010706 - Input validation error in Xen
Published: January 7, 2014 Updated: April 2, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014010706
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1166)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Xen, possibly before 4.0.2, allows local 64-bit PV guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) by specifying user mode execution without user-mode pagetables.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.