CVE-2014-0055

Published Mar 26, 2014

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 5.1
Vector string: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2F6AB192-9D7D-4A9A-8995-E53A9DE9EAFC"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References