Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions [4.2.0,4.3.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383938
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-4551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to "guest VMX instruction execution."

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