Id:
CVE-2018-15468
Comment
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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.
CVSSv2 Score:
4.9
Access vector:
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LOCAL
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Access complexity:
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LOW
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Authentication:
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NONE
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Confidentiality impact:
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NONE
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Integrity impact:
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NONE
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Availability impact:
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COMPLETE
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CVSSv2 Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSSv3 Score:
6
Attack vector:
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LOCAL
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Attack complexity:
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LOW
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Privileges required:
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HIGH
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User interaction:
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NONE
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Scope:
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CHANGED
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Confidentiality impact:
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NONE
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Integrity impact:
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NONE
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Availability impact:
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HIGH
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CVSSv3 Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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