The HVMOP_set_mem_type control in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging a separate qemu-dm vulnerability to trigger invalid page table translations for unspecified memory page types.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.0 (including) | 4.1.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.1 (including) | 4.1.1 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.2 (including) | 4.1.2 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.3 (including) | 4.1.3 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.4 (including) | 4.1.4 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.5 (including) | 4.1.5 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.6.1 (including) | 4.1.6.1 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.0 (including) | 4.2.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.1 (including) | 4.2.1 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.2 (including) | 4.2.2 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.2.3 (including) | 4.2.3 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.3.0 (including) | 4.3.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.3.1 (including) | 4.3.1 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.0 (including) | 4.4.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.0-rc1 (including) | 4.4.0-rc1 (including) |
| Xen | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Xen-3.3 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133148.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133191.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67113
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030160
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-92.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133148.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133191.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67113
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030160
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-92.html