Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions [,4.8.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383834
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.8.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation.

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