Reachable Assertion Affecting xen package, versions <4.11.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-XEN-366380
  • published8 Dec 2018
  • disclosed8 Dec 2018

Introduced: 8 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19963  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.