Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions [4.4.0,4.7.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383727
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The x86 segment base write emulation functionality in Xen 4.4.x through 4.7.x allows local x86 PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) by leveraging lack of canonical address checks.

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