CVE-2018-10981 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) in situations where a QEMU device model attempts to make invalid transitions between states of a request.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104149 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201 https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-262.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5