CVE-2018-19961

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on AMD x86 platforms, possibly allowing guest OS users to gain host OS privileges because TLB flushes do not always occur after IOMMU mapping changes.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX239432	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369	Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-275.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.1:cu1:::ltsr:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.6:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-12-08 04:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-19961

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19961

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-19961

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xen

xen

citrix

xenserver

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-459

Incomplete Cleanup

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