CVE - CVE-2014-1666

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1666	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The do_physdev_op function in Xen 4.1.5, 4.1.6.1, 4.2.2 through 4.2.3, and 4.3.x does not properly restrict access to the (1) PHYSDEVOP_prepare_msix and (2) PHYSDEVOP_release_msix operations, which allows local PV guests to cause a denial of service (host or guest malfunction) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
References
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BID:65125 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65125 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-87.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-1552 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-1559 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html GENTOO:GLSA-201407-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml MISC:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa87-unstable-4.3.patch MLIST:[oss-security] 20140123 Xen Security Advisory 87 (CVE-2014-1666) - PHYSDEVOP_{prepare,release}_msix exposed to unprivileged guests URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/24/6 OSVDB:102536 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/102536~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1029684 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029684 SECUNIA:56650 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/56650 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0372 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0373 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html XF:xen-cve20141666-priv-esc(90675) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90675
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140124	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140124)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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