Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting xen package, versions [4.0.0,4.2.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383919
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-3496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-16  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.

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