CVE-2018-19966

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because of an interpretation conflict for a union data structure associated with shadow paging. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-15595.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369	Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-280.html	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369	Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-280.html	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-12-08 04:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:58

NVD link : CVE-2018-19966

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19966

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-19966

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xen

xen

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-436

Interpretation Conflict

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