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xen: ocaml xenstored mishandles oversized message replies (XSA-72)

Published Nov 2, 2013

Description

The Ocaml xenstored implementation (oxenstored) in Xen 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (domain shutdown) via a large message reply.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of the xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it does not provide oxenstored. This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 2, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 29, 2013