CVE-2014-1896

Published: Apr 1, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 4.4 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."

Affected (7)

Products: Xen: Xen

1 product

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Version 4.2.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.2.1
Xen Xen	Version 4.2.2
Xen Xen	Version 4.2.3
Xen Xen	Version 4.3.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.3.1
Xen Xen	Version 4.4.0 rc1

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

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