CVE - CVE-2014-1895

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1895	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20140207 Re: Xen Security Advisory 84 - integer overflow in several XSM/Flask hypercalls URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140210 Xen Security Advisory 85 (CVE-2014-1895) - Off-by-one error in FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/6 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-85.html GENTOO:GLSA-201407-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0373 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20140207	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20140207)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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