Incorrect Calculation Affecting xen package, versions [4.5.0,4.7.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383752
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9377  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-682  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Calculation. Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation.

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