CVE-2019-3887
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel
- Fedoraproject Fedora 29
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWPOIII2L73HV5PGXSGMRMKQIK47UIYE/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWPOIII2L73HV5PGXSGMRMKQIK47UIYE/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/