VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9065
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier 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…
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier 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 to CVE-2014-9066.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- xen/xen · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.