Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.10.1-r0


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (23rd percentile)
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NVD
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-XEN-1308402
  • published 21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed 27 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 xen to version 4.10.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot.