Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-8594
The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.019
EPSS Ranking 82.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.4
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
Products affected by CVE-2014-8594
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1