Improper Access Control Affecting xen package, versions [4.7.0,4.7.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383965
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (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 Access Control. Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at HYP.

References

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