Resource Exhaustion Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.3-r3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE35-XEN-1019795
  • published21 Oct 2020
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.5 xen to version 4.7.3-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:3.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.