Bug 1339123 (CVE-2014-3672) - CVE-2014-3672 xen: Unrestricted qemu logging
Summary: CVE-2014-3672 xen: Unrestricted qemu logging
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2014-3672
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1339124 1339125
Blocks: 1148050 1339130
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Reported: 2016-05-24 08:25 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-05-31 09:33:44 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-05-24 08:25:53 UTC 
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
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When the libxl toolstack launches qemu for HVM guests, it pipes the
output of stderr to a file in /var/log/xen.  This output is not
rate-limited in any way.  The guest can easily cause qemu to print
messages to stderr, causing this file to become arbitrarily large.

IMPACT
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The disk containing the logfile can be exausted, possibly causing a
denial-of-service (DoS).

VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
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All versions of Xen are affected.

Only x86 systems are affected; ARM systems are not affected.

Only systems running HVM guests are affected; systems running only PV
guests are not affected.

Both qemu-upstream and qemu-traditional are affected.

MITIGATION
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Running only PV guests will avoid this vulnerability.

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/390
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-05-24 08:27:39 UTC 
Created xen tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1339125]
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-05-24 08:27:58 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1339124]
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-05-30 21:19:58 UTC 
xen-4.6.1-10.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-06-05 02:56:38 UTC 
xen-4.5.3-6.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-06-12 22:51:57 UTC 
xen-4.5.3-6.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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