CVE-2014-5149
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CVE-2014-5149 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Certain MMU virtualization operations in Xen 4.2.x through 4.4.x, when using shadow pagetables, are not preemptible, which allows local HVM guest to cause a denial of service (vcpu consumption) by invoking these operations, which process every page assigned to a guest, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5146.. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Certain MMU virtualization operations in Xen 4.2.x through 4.4.x, when using shadow pagetables, are not preemptible, which allows local HVM guest to cause a denial of service (vcpu consumption) by invoking these operations, which process every page assigned to a guest, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5146.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.1 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.0 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.1 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.2 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.3 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.3.0 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.3.1 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.0 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69199Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-97.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69199Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-97.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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