CVE-2013-4551 Information

Description

Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x when nested virtualization is disabled does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to \guest VMX instruction execution.\

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html http://secunia.com/advisories/55398 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649