Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX200288)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79745

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Citrix XenServer that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to improperly restricted access to 'PHYSDEVOP_{prepare,release}_msix' operations by unprivileged guests. An attacker with access to a guest operating system can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers. (CVE-2014-1666)

- A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of far branches. This flaw exists in the CALL, JMP, and RETF instructions in the Intel assembly syntax, and the LCALL, LJMP, and LRET instructions in the AT&T syntax.
An attacker with access to a guest operating system can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers. (CVE-2014-8595)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to a failure to restrict access to the hypercall argument translation feature. An attacker with access to a guest operating system can crash the host with excessive checks on the final register state for 32-bit guests running on a 64-bit hypervisor. (CVE-2014-8866)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounding of 'REP MOVS' to MMIO emulated inside of the hypervisor. This flaw affects the 'hvm_mmio_intercept()' function in 'intercept.c'. An attacker with access to a guest operating system can exploit this issue to crash the host.
(CVE-2014-8867)

Solution

Apply the relevant hotfix referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79745

File Name: citrix_xenserver_CTX200288.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/5/2014

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1666

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:citrix:xenserver

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/XenServer/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1666, CVE-2014-8595, CVE-2014-8866, CVE-2014-8867

BID: 65125, 71151, 71331, 71332