Upstream information

CVE-2014-9066 at MITRE

Description

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.7
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 906996 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 918998 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.1_12_k3.12.49_11-2.3
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA xen-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • xen >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-147
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.1_12_k3.12.49_11-2.3
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GA xen-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-147
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_10-9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147

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 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Dec 8 14:30:36 2014
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:20:23 2024