CVE-2014-1950

Publication date 14 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xc_cpupool_getinfo function in Xen 4.1.x through 4.3.x, when using a multithreaded toolstack, does not properly handle a failure by the xc_cpumap_alloc function, which allows local users with access to management functions to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 13.10 saucy
Fixed 4.3.0-1ubuntu1.3
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
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

This is XSA-88 4.1+


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