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Improper Access Control Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.1-r3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XEN-7012783
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 27 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 27 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9817 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xen to version 4.7.1-r3 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.

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving a (1) data or (2) prefetch abort with the ESR_EL2.EA bit set.