CVE-2013-4368
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00009.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1449.html
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