CVE-2018-19965 Affecting xen package, versions *
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- published8 Dec 2018
- disclosed8 Dec 2018
Introduced: 8 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-19965 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:21.10 xen.
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:21.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing 64-bit PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because #GP[0] can occur after a non-canonical address is passed to the TLB flushing code. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect CVE-2017-5754 (aka Meltdown) mitigation.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19965
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX239432
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19965
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-279.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/