Out-of-Bounds Affecting xen package, versions [,4.9.1)


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-2383844
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15593  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak) because reference counts are mishandled.

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