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Interpretation Conflict Affecting xen package, versions <4.11.1-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-XEN-5701089
  • published8 Dec 2018
  • disclosed8 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 8 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-436  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 xen to version 4.11.1-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because of an interpretation conflict for a union data structure associated with shadow paging. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-15595.