Out-of-Bounds Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XEN-524203
  • published31 Aug 2015
  • disclosed31 Aug 2015

Introduced: 31 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-3214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xen to version 4.4.0-1 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index.

CVSS Scores

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