CVE-2024-31142 Affecting xen package, versions <4.18.2-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XEN-7012723
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 16 May 2024
Introduced: 16 May 2024
CVE-2024-31142 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xen to version 4.18.2-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.
Because of a logical error in XSA-407 (Branch Type Confusion), the mitigation is not applied properly when it is intended to be used. XSA-434 (Speculative Return Stack Overflow) uses the same infrastructure, so is equally impacted.
For more details, see: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-407.html https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html