high8.8
CVE-2018-19966
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges b…
Impact
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because of an interpretation conflict for a union data structure associated with shadow paging. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-15595.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | from 4.11.0 through 4.11.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-280.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-280.html