CVE-2014-9065

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.

CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 2.7 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-12-09 15:59

Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27

NVD link : CVE-2014-9065

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9065

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-17

DEPRECATED: Code

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Products Affected

opensuse

opensuse

xen

xen

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