CVE-2018-19964 Affecting xen package, versions <4.11.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-XEN-2844893
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed8 Dec 2018

Introduced: 8 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19964  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 xen to version 4.11.1-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:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.