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Interpretation Conflict Affecting xen-devel package, versions <4.10.2_04-3.9.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-XENDEVEL-2757571
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 xen-devel to version 4.10.2_04-3.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen-devel package and not the xen-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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.