Race condition in Xen - CVE-2024-2193

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Race condition in Xen - CVE-2024-2193

Published: March 12, 2024 / Updated: September 13, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87374
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2193
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a speculative race condition. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests.

The vulnerability was dubbed GhostRace.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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