CVE-2014-3124

Description

The HVMOP_set_mem_type control in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging a separate qemu-dm vulnerability to trigger invalid page table translations for unspecified memory page types.

Category

6.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory xen.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/1 mailing list
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-92.html patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133148.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133191.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67113 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/10 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030160 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3124?
CVE-2014-3124 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3124?
To fix CVE-2014-3124, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3124 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-3124 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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