9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-18425
Xen PV Guest Descriptor Table Overflow Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing 32-bit PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by installing and using descriptors. There is missing descriptor table limit checking in x86 PV emulation. When emulating certain PV guest operations, descriptor table accesses are performed by the emulating code. Such accesses should respect the guest specified limits, unless otherwise guaranteed to fail in such a case. Without this, emulation of 32-bit guest user mode calls through call gates would allow guest user mode to install and then use descriptors of their choice, as long as the guest kernel did not itself install an LDT. (Most OSes don't install any LDT by default). 32-bit PV guest user mode can elevate its privileges to that of the guest kernel. Xen versions from at least 3.2 onwards are affected. Only 32-bit PV guest user mode can leverage this vulnerability. HVM, PVH, as well as 64-bit PV guests cannot leverage this vulnerability. Arm systems are unaffected.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 31, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-18425 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Xen xen

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-18425 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BQKX7M2RHCWDBKNPX4KEBI3MJIH6AYZ/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I5WWPW4BSZDDW7VHU427XTVXV7ROOFFW/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZYATWNUGHRBG6I3TC24YHP5Y3J7I6KH/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BQKX7M2RHCWDBKNPX4KEBI3MJIH6AYZ/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I5WWPW4BSZDDW7VHU427XTVXV7ROOFFW/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZYATWNUGHRBG6I3TC24YHP5Y3J7I6KH/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00037.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BQKX7M2RHCWDBKNPX4KEBI3MJIH6AYZ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BQKX7M2RHCWDBKNPX4KEBI3MJIH6AYZ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I5WWPW4BSZDDW7VHU427XTVXV7ROOFFW/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I5WWPW4BSZDDW7VHU427XTVXV7ROOFFW/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZYATWNUGHRBG6I3TC24YHP5Y3J7I6KH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZYATWNUGHRBG6I3TC24YHP5Y3J7I6KH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-56 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-56 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-56 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZYATWNUGHRBG6I3TC24YHP5Y3J7I6KH/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I5WWPW4BSZDDW7VHU427XTVXV7ROOFFW/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BQKX7M2RHCWDBKNPX4KEBI3MJIH6AYZ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/31/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/31/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-298.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-298.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (including) 4.12.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/31/2 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-18425 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-2019-18425 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.74 }} 0.37%

score

0.88284

percentile

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