Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting xen package, versions [4.6.0,4.6.1]


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-2383826
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2271  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

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