#VU15998 Denial of service in Xen - CVE-2018-19967
Published: November 13, 2018 / Updated: December 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15998
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19967
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project
Xen Project
Description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. An adjacent attacker can invoke a HLE transaction with the XACQUIRE prefix on the host physical memory range covering the first 4 MiB starting at the 1GiB boundary to cause denial of service conditions on the host system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.