Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions [4.8.0,4.11.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383913
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Oct 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.11.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. An issue was discovered in Xen 4.8.x through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service because mishandling of failed IOMMU operations causes a bug check during the cleanup of a crashed guest.

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