CVE - CVE-2013-0231

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-0231	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:52059 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/52059 MISC:57740 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740 MISC:89903 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/89903~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2632 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632 MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:0674 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html MISC:[oss-security] 20130205 Xen Security Advisory 43 (CVE-2013-0231) - Linux pciback DoS via not rate limited log messages. URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0395 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0925 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html MISC:xen-pcibackenablemsi-dos(81923) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20121206	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20121206)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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