Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting xen package, versions <4.6.4-0ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-XEN-349343
  • published18 Oct 2017
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15592  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 xen to version 4.6.4-0ubuntu1.4 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges because self-linear shadow mappings are mishandled for translated guests.