Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xen - CVE-2014-3125
Published: May 2, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41729
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3125
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to damange or delete data.
Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTL_EL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3125
Install update from vendor's website.