Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.1-r3


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (25th percentile)
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NVD
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-XEN-1308607
  • published 21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed 26 Jan 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 xen to version 4.7.1-r3 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.

CMPXCHG8B emulation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.7.x on x86 systems allows local HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory via a "supposedly-ignored" operand size prefix.