CVE-2019-3887
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled x2APIC Machine Specific Rregister (MSR) access with nested(=1) virtualization enabled. In that, L1 guest could access L0's APIC register values via L2 guest, when 'virtualize x2APIC mode' is enabled. A guest could use this flaw to potentially crash the host kernel resulting in DoS issue. Kernel versions from 4.16 and newer are vulnerable to this issue.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.36%• Percentile: 30%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-863•Incorrect Authorization
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•hyperv-daemons-6.18
< 0
- chainguard•hyperv-daemons-generic
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12
< 0 | < 6.12.65-r0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18
< 0 | < 6.18.10-r0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic
< 0 | < 6.18.5-r0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.12
< 0 | < 6.12.65-r1
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic
< 6.18.5-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-firecracker-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.12
< 0 | < 6.12.65-r0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18
< 6.18.10-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic
< 6.18.5-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.12
< 6.12.71-r0
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18
< 6.18.10-r0
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References (9)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWPOIII2L73HV5PGXSGMRMKQIK47UIYE/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3887