Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.1-1+deb9u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-XEN-1563911
  • published5 Jul 2017
  • disclosed5 Jul 2017

Introduced: 5 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 xen to version 4.8.1-1+deb9u3 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Xen through 4.8.x does not validate memory allocations during certain P2M operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-222.