CVE-2014-8594

CVSS V2 Medium 5.4 CVSS V3 None
Description
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-8594
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-11-19T18:59:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672 Permissions Required
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8594
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8594
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:55:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:22:42 2014-11-19T18:59Z 2014-11-19T18:59:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 02:22:42 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 02:22:42 Modified Vulnerability Status updated