CVE-2017-10919 Affecting xen package, versions <4.9.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-XEN-2846040
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed5 Jul 2017

Introduced: 5 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10919  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 xen to version 4.9.0-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.

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles virtual interrupt injection, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash), aka XSA-223.