CVE-2014-1895
Published: 1 April 2014
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | This is XSA-85 4.2+ only |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Does not exist
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precise |
Not vulnerable
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quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
saucy |
Released
(4.3.0-1ubuntu1.3)
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|
upstream |
Needs triage
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Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
xen-3.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
saucy |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. |