<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.15</code> <code>xen</code> to version 4.7.0-r1 or higher.</p>

Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.0-r1

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.06% (26^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE315-XEN-1928700
published 21 Jul 2020
disclosed 21 Sep 2016

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Introduced: 21 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7092 Open this link in a new tab CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 xen to version 4.7.0-r1 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:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.