CVE-2014-1891
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FLASK_GETBOOL, (2) FLASK_SETBOOL, (3) FLASK_USER, and (4) FLASK_CONTEXT_TO_SID suboperations in the flask hypercall in Xen 4.3.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 3.2.x, and earlier, when XSM is enabled, allow local users to cause a denial of service (processor fault) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1892, CVE-2014-1893, and CVE-2014-1894.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/8
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-84.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1891
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.