Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU14156

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14678

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an uninitialized %ebx state error in a failsafe callback path on x86 PV systems. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Systems Director: 6.3.2.2

xen (Alpine package): 0.49.0

xen (Alpine package): 0.16 - 0.35

xen (Alpine package): 0.2 - 0.9

xen (Alpine package): 0.4

xen (Alpine package): 2.5.3 - 2.17.5ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 3.4.0-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.14-1 - 0.15-2

xen (Alpine package): 2014.1-3

xen (Alpine package): 24.0-0ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 0.5.2-0ubuntu1 - 1.2.5ubuntu1daily13.06.14-0ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 3.0-0ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 1.5.2 - 1.6.2

xen (Alpine package): 0.1.8 - 1.0.75

xen (Alpine package): 1.20.0 - 2.18.2

xen (Alpine package): 20101020ubuntu323 - 20101020ubuntu468

xen (Alpine package): 0.2.12 - 1.5.49

xen (Alpine package): 1.8.8-2ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 0.2.8-8 - 0.2.11-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.3 - 1.8.42

xen (Alpine package): 5.3.28-3 - 5.3.28-4

xen (Alpine package): 1.5

xen (Alpine package): 0.4.5 - 0.5.8-2.2

xen (Alpine package): 0.2.11-1build1

xen (Alpine package): 0.63

xen (Alpine package): 0.3.1-0ubuntu1 - 0.10.0-3

xen (Alpine package): 0.13-1 - 0.22.1-2

xen (Alpine package): 2.1.0-2 - 2.1.26.dfsg1-14

xen (Alpine package): 0.5.16-3.5ubuntu1 - 0.5.17-6

xen (Alpine package): 1.3-1 - 1.3-3

xen (Alpine package): 5.11-1 - 7.35.0-1

xen (Alpine package): 1.3.9-17 - 2.0.3-2

xen (Alpine package): 0.1.2-1 - 0.2.6-1ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 1.0.47-2 - 1.0.64-0ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 2.1-3-dfsg-1 - 2.1-3-dfsg-2

xen (Alpine package): 0.100-3

xen (Alpine package): 2:1.0.6-2ubuntu7 - 2:1.6.4-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.8 - 9ubuntu2

xen (Alpine package): 3.0pl1-50 - 3.0pl1-119

xen (Alpine package): 1.0.0-0ubuntu1 - 1.0.0-0ubuntu2

xen (Alpine package): expression - 7.1.1-1

xen (Alpine package): 2.8.13-7 - 2.8.13-10

xen (Alpine package): 2.4.2-16 - 2.7-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.92-0ubuntu3 - 0.98-1

xen (Alpine package): 4.5.7-1 - 8.20-3ubuntu4

xen (Alpine package): 0.2.10-3 - 0.4.6-3

xen (Alpine package): 1.5 - 1.141

xen (Alpine package): 1:0.8.6-0ubuntu4 - 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu2

xen (Alpine package): 0.3ubuntu7 - 0.3ubuntu15.2

xen (Alpine package): 1.2.12-1ubuntu1 - 1.2.12-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.7-svn20050721 - 1.4.29-1

xen (Alpine package): 2.8.12.1-1.6 - 3.9.0-1

xen (Alpine package): 1.0.5-2 - 1.0.8-3

xen (Alpine package): 0.25-0ubuntu1 - 0.25-0ubuntu3

xen (Alpine package): 0.9-0ubuntu1 - 0.12-0ubuntu1

xen (Alpine package): 3.0.4

xen (Alpine package): 2.1.0

xen (Alpine package): 1.4.17

xen (Alpine package): 2.2.0b2

xen (Alpine package): r12.0 nil

xen (Alpine package): 3.0

xen (Alpine package):

xen (Alpine package): before 4.10.1-r3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_systems_director:6.3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.49.0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.16:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.28:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.34:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.8:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.9:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.4:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.4.0-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.14-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2014.1-3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:24.0-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.5.2-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.0-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.20.0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:20101020ubuntu323:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2.12:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.8.8-2ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2.8-8:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:5.3.28-3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.5:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2.11-1build1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.63:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.3.1-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.13-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.1.0-2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.5.16-3.5ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.3-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:5.11-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.3.9-17:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.1.2-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.0.47-2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.1-3-dfsg-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.100-3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2:1.0.6-2ubuntu7:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.8:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.0pl1-50:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.0.0-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:expression:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.8.13-7:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.4.2-16:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.92-0ubuntu3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:4.5.7-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2.10-3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.5:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1:0.8.6-0ubuntu4:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.3ubuntu7:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.2.12-1ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.7-svn20050721:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.8.12.1-1.6:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.0.5-2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.25-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.9-0ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:2.2.0b2:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:r12.0 nil:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package::*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:*:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:3.7

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=74dce6e0451466b8eb5078660886cc226f9704f4

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.