ID CVE-2014-1895
Summary Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.8 (as of 07-01-2017 - 02:59)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-189
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
ADJACENT_NETWORK MEDIUM SINGLE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL NONE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C
refmap via4
confirm http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-85.html
gentoo GLSA-201407-03
mlist
  • [oss-security] 20140207 Re: Xen Security Advisory 84 - integer overflow in several XSM/Flask hypercalls
  • [oss-security] 20140210 Xen Security Advisory 85 (CVE-2014-1895) - Off-by-one error in FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall
suse SUSE-SU-2014:0373
Last major update 07-01-2017 - 02:59
Published 01-04-2014 - 06:35
Last modified 07-01-2017 - 02:59
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