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Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.9.0-r0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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    EPSS
    0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XEN-7012665
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 5 Jul 2017
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Introduced: 5 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10916 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.