Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2014-2599
Published: March 28, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41882
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2599
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4.1.x for 32-bit and 4.1.x through 4.4.x for 64-bit allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by leveraging access to certain service domains for HVM guests and a large input.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2599
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66407
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029956
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-89.html