SB2014090903 - Fedora 21 update for xen



SB2014090903 - Fedora 21 update for xen

Published: September 9, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2014090903
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6268)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The evtchn_fifo_set_pending function in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an uninitialized FIFO-based event channel control block when (1) binding or (2) moving an event to a different VCPU.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.