[kernel-xen] [Xen-announce] Xen Security Advisory 56 (CVE-2013-2072) - Buffer overflow in xencontrol Python bindings affecting xend

[Adi Pircalabu]

On 2013-05-19 09:47, Steven Haigh wrote:
> The 'exploit' is very limited in scope and I highly doubt that anyone
> is running a configuration that lets untrusted administrators at a
> position that would exploit this.

Fully agree, shouldn't turn a management flaw into a technical issue. If 
there'll be no change in the scope I'd say it's wise to wait, this way 
many will avoid the testing overhead linked always to rolling out new 
packages.

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