CVE-2013-2072 Memory corruption in n/a
Local administrators can cause a denial of service or potentially gain privileges via a buffer overflow in Xen's Python bindings for VCPU affinity configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2072?
CVE-2013-2072 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Aug 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2072?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2072?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-2072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2072, GHSA-fqgm-98vq-7hgr.