Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2020-28368
Published: November 10, 2020 / Updated: December 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48756
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28368
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.
Xen through 4.14.x allows guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information (such as AES keys from outside the guest) via a side-channel attack on a power/energy monitoring interface, aka a "Platypus" attack. NOTE: there is only one logically independent fix: to change the access control for each such interface in Xen.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-28368
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/26/1
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-351.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J66QUUHXH2RR4CNCKQRGVXVSOUFRPDA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XV23EZIMNLJN4YXRRXLQV2ALW6ZEALXV/
- https://platypusattack.com
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-platypus-attack-can-steal-data-from-intel-cpus/
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-351.html