CVE-2018-19967 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because Xen does not work around Intel’s mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00057.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX239432 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369 https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-282.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