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CVE-2018-19965 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing 64-bit PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because #GP[0] can occur after a non-canonical address is passed to the TLB...

MediumCVSS 5.6 EPSS 0.43%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing 64-bit PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because #GP[0] can occur after a non-canonical address is passed to the TLB flushing code. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect CVE-2017-5754 (aka Meltdown) mitigation.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/xen(Debian:12) < 4.11.1-1 4.11.1-1
debian/xen(Debian:13) < 4.11.1-1 4.11.1-1
debian/xen(Debian:14) < 4.11.1-1 4.11.1-1
Xen <= 4.11.1 No fix listed
citrix xenserver = 7.0 No fix listed
citrix xenserver = 7.1-cu1 No fix listed
citrix xenserver = 7.5 No fix listed
citrix xenserver = 7.6 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.10) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.11) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.12) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.13) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.14) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.15) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.16) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.17) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.18) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.19) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.20) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.21) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.22) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.23) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.24) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.6) < 4.8.5-r0 4.8.5-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.7) < 4.9.3-r1 4.9.3-r1
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.8) < 4.10.2-r1 4.10.2-r1
alpine/xen(Alpine:v3.9) < 4.11.1-r0 4.11.1-r0

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