Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting xen package, versions <4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1~deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-XEN-472044
  • published8 Oct 2019
  • disclosed8 Oct 2019

Introduced: 8 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17350  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 xen to version 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1~deb10u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing Arm domU attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) involving a compare-and-exchange operation.

CVSS Scores

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