CVE-2014-1896
EPSS 0.14%
Description
The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."
How to fix CVE-2014-1896
To remediate CVE-2014-1896, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.4.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-1896 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.4.0-1