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CVE-2013-4494

Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allow

Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus to cause a denial of service (host deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.2 EPSS 0.00305
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Affected Products & Versions

4
xen>= 4.1.0 and <= 4.1.6.1
xen>= 4.2.0 and <= 4.2.5
xen>= 4.3.0 and <= 4.3.4
debian linuxall versions

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5.2
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD02 Nov 2013 · 06:55 PM

Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:0108Moderate
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References & Sources

9
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