CVE-2014-2599 — Improper Input Validation in XEN

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedMar 28
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4.1.x for 32-bit and 4.1.x through 4.4.x for 64-bit allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by leveraging access to certain service domains for HVM guests and a large input.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.4.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.4.1-1+3
▶NVDxen/xen15 versions+14

Patches

Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8pg3-wwm7-xq2v: The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-2599: The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4↗2014-03-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xen: HVMOP_set_mem_access is not preemptible↗2014-03-25
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Debian
CVE-2014-2599: xen - The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4.1.x for 32-bit and 4.1....↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2599 xen: HVMOP_set_mem_access is not preemptible [fedora-all]↗2014-03-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2599 xen: HVMOP_set_mem_access is not preemptible↗2014-03-12
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