Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-1896
CVE-2014-1896
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."
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 4.4-RC
Patches
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References
6- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patchnvdPatch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7nvd
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