CVE-2014-9066

CVE Details

Release Date:2014-12-08

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 request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

See more information about CVE-2014-9066 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 4.3 Base Metrics: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: Adjacent network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: Requires single instance Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)OVMSA-2015-00042015-01-21



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