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title: "CVE-2014-5147\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-5147

Publication date 29 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Xen 4.4.x, when running a 64-bit kernel on an ARM system, does not properly
handle traps from the guest domain that use a different address width,
which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash)
via a crafted 32-bit process.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xen | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.10.3 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| xen-3.3 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5147?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| xen | * Upstream:   <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-08/binz34cHFpwik.bin> * Upstream:   <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-08/binkMuZJNJa_J.bin> * Upstream:   <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-08/binm2gYJJrZSx.bin> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5147)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5147)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5147)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5147)

### Other references

* <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-08/msg00003.html>
* <http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-102.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5147>
