CVE-2019-3887
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CVE-2019-3887 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.6/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled x2APIC Machine Specific Rregister (MSR) access with nested(=1) virtualization enabled. In that, L1 guest could access L0's APIC register values via L2 guest, when 'virtualize x2APIC mode' is enabled. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled x2APIC Machine Specific Rregister (MSR) access with nested(=1) virtualization enabled. In that, L1 guest could access L0's APIC register values via L2 guest, when 'virtualize x2APIC mode' is enabled. A guest could use this flaw to potentially crash the host kernel resulting in DoS issue. Kernel versions from 4.16 and newer are vulnerable to this issue.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 4.16 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.04 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.1 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time | 8 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv | 8 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.4 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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