Xen CVE-2014-2986 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	67047
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2014-2986
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 23 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 23 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Thomas Leonard and Julien Grall
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Xen CVE-2014-2986 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Xen is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker with access to a guest operating system can exploit this issue to crash the host operating system, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

Xen CVE-2014-2986 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Xen CVE-2014-2986 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Xen CVE-2014-2986 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Xen HomePage (Xen)
  
• Xen Security Advisory 94 - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller ac (Xen security team)