CVE-2023-34328
MEDIUMXen 4.5.0-4.13.x - Denial of Service via Debug State Handling
Title source: llmDescription
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] AMD CPUs since ~2014 have extensions to normal x86 debugging functionality. Xen supports guests using these extensions. Unfortunately there are errors in Xen's handling of the guest state, leading to denials of service. 1) CVE-2023-34327 - An HVM vCPU can end up operating in the context of a previous vCPUs debug mask state. 2) CVE-2023-34328 - A PV vCPU can place a breakpoint over the live GDT. This allows the PV vCPU to exploit XSA-156 / CVE-2015-8104 and lock up the CPU entirely.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-444.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-444.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
xen/xen
4.5.0 - 4.14.0
Published
Jan 05, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026