SB2019123144 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in xen (Alpine package)
Published: December 31, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019123144
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18424)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing assignment of PCI devices. A privileged user of a guest operating system can program the PCI device to directly access host memory. Once the PCI device is deassigned, the code will be written into host memory. A remote attacker can corrupt host memory and perform denial of service attack or escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b56efe8db5679b569767cee09b45ce5cd04b942d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7704a01fec21129dc2f13feb032fb39d8b6a9cb2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=168f974f4f9941c940b1b4a27d1167175018ad92
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1a7ae75cb9ed94f62f9859f8a07a0bc1c5021604
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d9cf7666f5f3aa90dbce9f04bdc7d975284cc530