Unscored severity · published Nov 2, 2013
CVE-2013-4494
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus…
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CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus to cause a denial of service (host deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
XE
Xen · Xen
4.1.0 through 4.1.6.1; 4.2.0 through 4.2.5; 4.3.0 through 4.3.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4494
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4494
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0108.html
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
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