<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.14</code> <code>xen</code> to version 4.7.1-r3 or higher.</p>

Improper Access Control Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.1-r3

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Scope Changed

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.06% (26^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-XEN-1308611
published 21 Jul 2020
disclosed 27 Feb 2017

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Introduced: 27 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9817 Open this link in a new tab CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

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.

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving a (1) data or (2) prefetch abort with the ESR_EL2.EA bit set.