Resource Exhaustion Affecting xen package, versions <4.10.0-r2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XEN-7012399
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 27 Feb 2018
Introduced: 27 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-7540 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20
xen
to version 4.10.0-r2 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:3.20
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS CPU hang) via non-preemptable L3/L4 pagetable freeing.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103174
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-252.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00013.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040773