CVE-2013-2211

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    CVE-2013-2211

    Published: 28 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The libxenlight (libxl) toolstack library in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x uses weak permissions for xenstore keys for paravirtualised and emulated serial console devices, which allows local guest administrators to modify the xenstore value via unspecified vectors.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/55082, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/25/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/26/4

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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