Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.6.1-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE34-XEN-468576
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2016-3960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.4 xen to version 4.6.1-r1 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:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.