CVE-2014-7188

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-10-01
Bugzilla:
1144499: CVE-2014-7188 kernel: xen: Improper MSR range used for x2APIC emulation (xsa108)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The hvm_msr_read_intercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2014-7188 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
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 for reporting this issue.

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