Current Description
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
12/09/2014
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
12/09/2014
Impact
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.4 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
2.7
Access Vector (AV):
Local
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
Single
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because
they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites
being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose.
NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further,
NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about
this page to nvd@nist.gov.
Change History
11 change records found
- show changes
CPE Deprecation Remap -
10/30/2018 12:27:36 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CPE Deprecation Remap -
10/30/2018 12:27:35 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Modified Analysis -
9/7/2017 10:09:11 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
OR
cpe:2.3:o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 No Types Assigned |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 Third Party Advisory |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/21/2016 9:59:21 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 [No Types Assigned] |
Modified Analysis -
8/25/2016 10:38:01 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
OR
cpe:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*:* |
Configuration 1
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
OR
cpe:2.3:o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
Configuration 2
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Modified Analysis -
8/25/2016 10:10:18 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* (and previous) |
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
OR
cpe:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*:* |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html No Types Assigned |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html No Types Assigned |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4 No Types Assigned |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544 No Types Assigned |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
CVE Modified by Source -
3/17/2015 10:03:18 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html |
CVE Modified by Source -
2/13/2015 9:59:35 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544 |
Modified Analysis -
1/8/2015 2:21:41 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* (and previous) |
Modified Analysis -
12/10/2014 11:23:48 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-17 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html No Types Assigned |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html Advisory, Patch |
Initial CVE Analysis -
12/10/2014 10:01:16 AM