Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-XEN-5701071
  • published27 Apr 2018
  • disclosed27 Apr 2018

Introduced: 27 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 xen to version 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot.