Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-4371 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in XEN
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the libxl_list_cpupool function in the libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when running "under memory pressure," returns the original pointer when the realloc function fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 5 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-19048.NASL description Five security fixes CVE-2013-4368 CVE-2013-4369 CVE-2013-4370 CVE-2013-4371 CVE-2013-4375 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-10-23 plugin id 70549 published 2013-10-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70549 title Fedora 19 : xen-4.2.3-4.fc19 (2013-19048) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2013-19048. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(70549); script_version("1.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4368", "CVE-2013-4369", "CVE-2013-4370", "CVE-2013-4371", "CVE-2013-4375"); script_bugtraq_id(62930, 62931, 62934, 62935); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-19048"); script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : xen-4.2.3-4.fc19 (2013-19048)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Five security fixes CVE-2013-4368 CVE-2013-4369 CVE-2013-4370 CVE-2013-4371 CVE-2013-4375 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012550" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012554" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012561" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012582" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012587" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119531.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c5a45238" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected xen package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/10/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/23"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC19", reference:"xen-4.2.3-4.fc19")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xen"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201407-03.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201407-03 (Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or gain access to data on the host. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 76544 published 2014-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76544 title GLSA-201407-03 : Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201407-03. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(76544); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/12 17:35:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1442", "CVE-2013-4329", "CVE-2013-4355", "CVE-2013-4356", "CVE-2013-4361", "CVE-2013-4368", "CVE-2013-4369", "CVE-2013-4370", "CVE-2013-4371", "CVE-2013-4375", "CVE-2013-4416", "CVE-2013-4494", "CVE-2013-4551", "CVE-2013-4553", "CVE-2013-4554", "CVE-2013-6375", "CVE-2013-6400", "CVE-2013-6885", "CVE-2014-1642", "CVE-2014-1666", "CVE-2014-1891", "CVE-2014-1892", "CVE-2014-1893", "CVE-2014-1894", "CVE-2014-1895", "CVE-2014-1896", "CVE-2014-2599", "CVE-2014-3124", "CVE-2014-4021"); script_bugtraq_id(62307, 62630, 62708, 62709, 62710, 62930, 62931, 62932, 62934, 62935, 63404, 63494, 63625, 63830, 63931, 63933, 63983, 64195, 65097, 65125, 65414, 65419, 65424, 66407, 67113, 68070); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201407-03"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201407-03 : Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201407-03 (Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or gain access to data on the host. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201407-03" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Xen 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-4.3.2-r2' All Xen 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-4.2.4-r2' All xen-tools 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-tools-4.3.2-r2' All xen-tools 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-tools-4.2.4-r2' All Xen PVGRUB 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-pvgrub-4.3.2' All Xen PVGRUB 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulations/xen-pvgrub-4.2.4'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-pvgrub"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/09/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/07/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/07/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulations/xen-pvgrub", unaffected:make_list("rge 4.3.2", "rge 4.2.4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.3.2"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulations/xen-tools", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.3.2-r5", "rge 4.2.4-r6"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.3.2-r5"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulations/xen", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.3.2-r4", "rge 4.2.4-r4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.3.2-r4"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Xen"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2013-1774-1.NASL description XEN has been updated to version 4.2.3 c/s 26170, fixing various bugs and security issues. - CVE-2013-4416: XSA-72: Fixed ocaml xenstored that mishandled oversized message replies - CVE-2013-4355: XSA-63: Fixed information leaks through I/O instruction emulation - CVE-2013-4361: XSA-66: Fixed information leak through fbld instruction emulation - CVE-2013-4368: XSA-67: Fixed information leak through outs instruction emulation - CVE-2013-4369: XSA-68: Fixed possible null dereference when parsing vif ratelimiting info - CVE-2013-4370: XSA-69: Fixed misplaced free in ocaml xc_vcpu_getaffinity stub - CVE-2013-4371: XSA-70: Fixed use-after-free in libxl_list_cpupool under memory pressure - CVE-2013-4375: XSA-71: xen: qemu disk backend (qdisk) resource leak - CVE-2013-1442: XSA-62: Fixed information leak on AVX and/or LWP capable CPUs - CVE-2013-1432: XSA-58: Page reference counting error due to XSA-45/CVE-2013-1918 fixes. Various bugs have also been fixed : - Boot failure with xen kernel in UEFI mode with error last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2015-05-20 plugin id 83602 published 2015-05-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83602 title SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : Xen (SUSE-SU-2013:1774-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-19053.NASL description Five security fixes CVE-2013-4368 CVE-2013-4369 CVE-2013-4370 CVE-2013-4371 CVE-2013-4375 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-10-23 plugin id 70550 published 2013-10-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70550 title Fedora 18 : xen-4.2.3-4.fc18 (2013-19053) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_XEN-201310-131029.NASL description XEN has been updated to version 4.2.3 c/s 26170, fixing various bugs and security issues. - XSA-72: Fixed ocaml xenstored that mishandled oversized message replies. (CVE-2013-4416) - XSA-63: Fixed information leaks through I/O instruction emulation. (CVE-2013-4355) - XSA-66: Fixed information leak through fbld instruction emulation. (CVE-2013-4361) - XSA-67: Fixed information leak through outs instruction emulation. (CVE-2013-4368) - XSA-68: Fixed possible null dereference when parsing vif ratelimiting info. (CVE-2013-4369) - XSA-69: Fixed misplaced free in ocaml xc_vcpu_getaffinity stub. (CVE-2013-4370) - XSA-70: Fixed use-after-free in libxl_list_cpupool under memory pressure. (CVE-2013-4371) - XSA-71: xen: qemu disk backend (qdisk) resource leak. (CVE-2013-4375) - XSA-62: Fixed information leak on AVX and/or LWP capable CPUs. (CVE-2013-1442) - XSA-58: Page reference counting error due to XSA-45/CVE-2013-1918 fixes. Various bugs have also been fixed:. (CVE-2013-1432) - Boot failure with xen kernel in UEFI mode with error last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-11-20 plugin id 70969 published 2013-11-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70969 title SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Numbers 8478 / 8479) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2013-1021.NASL description Xen was updated to 4.2.3 c/s 26170 to fix various bugs and security issues. Following issues were fixed : - bnc#845520 - CVE-2013-4416: xen: ocaml xenstored mishandles oversized message replies - bnc#833483 - Boot Failure with xen kernel in UEFI mode with error last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 74865 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74865 title openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-SU-2013:1953-1)