CVE - CVE-2014-1896

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1896	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."
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 86 (CVE-2014-1896) - libvchan failure handling malicious ring indexes URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch 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
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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