Improper Access Control Affecting xen package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-6478944
  • published22 Mar 2024
  • disclosed20 Mar 2024
  • creditRoger Pau Monné

Introduced: 20 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-46839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control due to the assignment of phantom functions to incorrect contexts. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information by exploiting the misassignment.

Note:

Only x86 systems are vulnerable. Arm systems are not vulnerable.

Only systems using PCI passthrough of devices with phantom functions are affected.

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