Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.1-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-XEN-367284
  • published2 Oct 2014
  • disclosed2 Oct 2014

Introduced: 2 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7156  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 xen to version 4.4.1-3 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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