Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-XEN-366445
  • published4 Apr 2017
  • disclosed4 Apr 2017

Introduced: 4 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 xen to version 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.