Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions [,4.4.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383952
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 May 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 May 2014

CVE-2014-3716  (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 4.4.x does not properly check alignment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified field in a DTB header in a 32-bit guest kernel.

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