medium5.3
CVE-2020-27674
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by modifying kernel memory contents, because invalidat…
Impact
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by modifying kernel memory contents, because invalidation of TLB entries is mishandled during use of an INVLPG-like attack technique.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | through 4.14.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 31, 32, 33 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZAM3LYJ5TZLSSNL3KXFILM46QKVTOUA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3U4LNKKXU4UP4Z5XP6TMIWSML3QODPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-286.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZAM3LYJ5TZLSSNL3KXFILM46QKVTOUA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3U4LNKKXU4UP4Z5XP6TMIWSML3QODPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-286.html