Resource management error in xen (Alpine package)

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU22704

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11135

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) in Intel CPUs. The TAA condition, on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Systems Director: 6.3.2.2

xen (Alpine package): 24.8-1

xen (Alpine package): 3.1.6.1-1

xen (Alpine package): 1.44-1 - 1.45-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.3.6.0amd12 - 1.12.9

xen (Alpine package): 1.9.9-3 - 1.9.10-1

xen (Alpine package): 0.48-4

xen (Alpine package): 0.9b-20040421-1

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): 4.8.9

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 4.10.4-r1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_systems_director:6.3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:24.8-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:3.1.6.1-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.44-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.45-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.3.6.0amd12:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.4.99.7:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.9.9-3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:1.9.10-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.48-4:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.9b-20040421-1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.16:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:xen_alpine_package:0.2:*:*:*:*: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:4.8.9:*:*:*:*: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=b56efe8db5679b569767cee09b45ce5cd04b942d
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7704a01fec21129dc2f13feb032fb39d8b6a9cb2
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=168f974f4f9941c940b1b4a27d1167175018ad92
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1a7ae75cb9ed94f62f9859f8a07a0bc1c5021604
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d9cf7666f5f3aa90dbce9f04bdc7d975284cc530

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.