CVE-2018-15468
Xen DEBUGCTL MSR Writing Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x. The DEBUGCTL MSR contains several debugging features, some of which virtualise cleanly, but some do not. In particular, Branch Trace Store is not virtualised by the processor, and software has to be careful to configure it suitably not to lock up the core. As a result, it must only be available to fully trusted guests. Unfortunately, in the case that vPMU is disabled, all value checking was skipped, allowing the guest to choose any MSR_DEBUGCTL setting it likes. A malicious or buggy guest administrator (on Intel x86 HVM or PVH) can lock up the entire host, causing a Denial of Service.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 17, 2018, 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.0
Exploitability Score :
1.5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-15468.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-269.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-863 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-269.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-269.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.11.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-15468 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-15468
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.10264
percentile