Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions [3.3.0,4.3.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383682
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Aug 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Aug 2013

CVE-2013-3495  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping engine in Xen 3.3.x through 4.3.x allows local guests to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a malformed Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) from a PCI device that is bus mastering capable that triggers a System Error Reporting (SERR) Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI).

CVSS Scores

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