UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0231

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0231

    Published: 12 Feb 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-0231
    Aliases:
    USN-1767-1
    USN-1768-1
    USN-1769-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0231, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1767-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1768-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1769-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1774-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0231

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    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