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CVE-2019-14835 Detail

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found, in versions from 2.6.34 to 5.2.x, in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154572/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0056-1.html Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200115-01-qemu-en Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/24/1 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/03/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/3 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2827 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2828 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2829 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2830 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2854 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2862 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2863 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2864 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2865 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2866 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2867 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2869 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2889 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2899 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2900 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2901 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2924 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14835 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQFY6JYFIQ2VFQ7QCSXPWTUL5ZDNCJL5/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YW3QNMPENPFEGVTOFPSNOBL7JEIJS25P/ Mailing List 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41 Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/17/1 Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-14835
NVD Published Date:
09/17/2019
NVD Last Modified:
12/15/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.