CVE-2014-1666

Publication date 26 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The do_physdev_op function in Xen 4.1.5, 4.1.6.1, 4.2.2 through 4.2.3, and 4.3.x does not properly restrict access to the (1) PHYSDEVOP_prepare_msix and (2) PHYSDEVOP_release_msix operations, which allows local PV guests to cause a denial of service (host or guest malfunction) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	13.10 saucy	Fixed 4.3.0-1ubuntu1.3
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
xen-3.3	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-87

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
xen	Upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-01/binN_xKsqoA99.bin Upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-01/binHrWzvLfvyZ.bin Upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-01/bincsu1bNEm7A.bin

CVE-2014-1666

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mdeslaur

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