SB20240312315 - Speculative race condition aka GhostRace in Xen
Published: March 12, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB20240312315
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2193)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a speculative race condition. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests.
The vulnerability was dubbed GhostRace.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.