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CVE-2013-6375

Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using Intel VT-d for PCI passthrough, does not properly flush the TLB after clearing a present translation table entry, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to an "inverted boolean parameter."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-6375 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from xen, from opensuse organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-11-23T11:55:04.803

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.9 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

5.5

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.3.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.3.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/20/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/21/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029369 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/20/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/21/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029369 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For xen's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.