Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
97.38% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-XEN-468993
  • published4 Jan 2018
  • disclosed4 Jan 2018

Introduced: 4 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-5754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 xen to version 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u4 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.

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.

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