What is the severity of CVE-2013-6375?

CVE-2013-6375 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for local guest administrators to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6375?

To fix CVE-2013-6375, upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Xen, such as versions 4.2.4 or 4.3.2 and later.

What software versions are affected by CVE-2013-6375?

CVE-2013-6375 affects Xen versions 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, and 4.3.1.

What type of attack does CVE-2013-6375 enable?

CVE-2013-6375 enables local guest administrators to potentially cause a denial of service or escalate privileges within the affected system.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2013-6375?

There is no specific workaround for CVE-2013-6375; therefore, the best mitigation is to upgrade to a patched version.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2013-6375

high

7.9

CWE

264

23/11/2013

6/8/2024

CVE-2013-6375

First published: Sat Nov 23 2013(Updated: )

Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using Intel VT-d for PCI passthrough, does not properly flush the TLB after clearing a present translation table entry, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to an "inverted boolean parameter."

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Xen xen-unstable	=4.2.1
Xen xen-unstable	=4.2.2
Xen xen-unstable	=4.2.3
Xen xen-unstable	=4.3.0
Xen xen-unstable	=4.3.1
openSUSE	=13.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6375?
CVE-2013-6375 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for local guest administrators to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6375?
To fix CVE-2013-6375, upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Xen, such as versions 4.2.4 or 4.3.2 and later.
What software versions are affected by CVE-2013-6375?
CVE-2013-6375 affects Xen versions 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, and 4.3.1.
What type of attack does CVE-2013-6375 enable?
CVE-2013-6375 enables local guest administrators to potentially cause a denial of service or escalate privileges within the affected system.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2013-6375?
There is no specific workaround for CVE-2013-6375; therefore, the best mitigation is to upgrade to a patched version.

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