CVE-2014-1894

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-02-06
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
1062326: CVE-2014-1891 CVE-2014-1892 CVE-2014-1893 CVE-2014-1894 xen: integer overflow in several XSM/Flask hypercalls (xsa-84)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in unspecified suboperations in the flask hypercall in Xen 3.2.x and earlier, when XSM is enabled, allow local users to cause a denial of service (processor fault) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1891, CVE-2014-1892, and CVE-2014-1893.

Find out more about CVE-2014-1894 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel-xen Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue.

External References

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