CVE-2013-4368 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 1.9 Published Updated

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.

All Xen Xen vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4368, GHSA-x5cw-86rm-555x.

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