Upstream information
Description
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.Upstream Security Advisories:
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low | High |
| Authentication | Single | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Changed | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | xen | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | xen | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | xen | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | xen | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | xen | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Apr 19 09:15:48 2017CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 17:24:07 2024