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FKIE_CVE-2013-0231

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-02-13 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:49
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18
linux linux_kernel 3.8
xen xen 3.0.2
xen xen 3.0.3
xen xen 3.0.4
xen xen 3.1.3
xen xen 3.1.4
xen xen 3.2.0
xen xen 3.2.1
xen xen 3.2.2
xen xen 3.2.3

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      "value": "La funci\u00f3n pciback_enable_msi en el controlador PCI backend (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) en Xen para Linux kernel v2.6.18 y v3.8, permite que los usuarios de los sistemas operativos hu\u00e9sped (guest) puedan provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio a trav\u00e9s de un n\u00famero elevado de mensajes de log del kernel. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles han sido obtenidos a partir de informaci\u00f3n de terceros."
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  ],
  "id": "CVE-2013-0231",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:49:01.010",
  "metrics": {
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          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 4.9,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html"
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    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923"
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