An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade xen | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xen | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-libs-32bit | Jan 4, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
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