CVE-2014-1896 (GCVE-0-2014-1896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-01 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2014-02-06 00:00
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