CVE-2014-4021
It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation did not properly clean memory pages previously allocated by the hypervisor. A privileged guest user could potentially use this flaw to read data relating to other guests or the hypervisor itself.
Find out more about CVE-2014-4021 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0926 | 2014-07-23 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Will not fix |