| Name | CVE-2014-3968 |
| Description | The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a large number of crafted requests, which trigger an error messages to be logged. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 757724 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xen (PTS) | wheezy | 4.1.4-3+deb7u9 | fixed |
| wheezy (security) | 4.1.6.lts1-14 | fixed | |
| jessie (security), jessie | 4.4.1-9+deb8u10 | fixed | |
| buster, sid, stretch | 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.4.1-1 | medium | 757724 | |
| xen | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| xen | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[wheezy] - xen <not-affected> (Xen versions from 4.2 onwards are vulnerable)
[squeeze] - xen <not-affected> (Xen versions from 4.2 onwards are vulnerable)