CVE-2013-4368 Information disclosure in n/a
Local 64-bit PV guests can read hypervisor stack content due to uninitialized variable usage in outs instruction emulation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4368?
CVE-2013-4368 is a low-severity vulnerability in Xen Xen, published on 17 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The outs instruction emulation in Xen 3.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and earlier, when using FS: or GS: segment override, uses an uninitialized variable as a segment base, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to obtain sensitive information (hypervisor stack content) via unspecified vectors related to stale data in a segment register.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4368?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4368?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2013-4368 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4368 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xen Xen
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4368, GHSA-x5cw-86rm-555x.