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CVE-2013-0231 json

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…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0265

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.41-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0231

  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0747

  • kernel-ec2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-pae SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-xen SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-ppc64 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-trace SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-bigmem SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1
  • kernel-source SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.0.101-108.90.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14051-1

  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.8.13-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0231 updated cvss 5.2

kernel: xen: pciback DoS via not rate limited log messages

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0747
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References

Sources

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