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CVE-2018-19966
Published: Dec 8, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-4369
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-280.html
x_refsource_MISC
106182
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
FEDORA-2019-bce6498890
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
openSUSE-SU-2019:1226
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[debian-lts-announce] 20191008 [SECURITY] [DLA 1949-1] xen security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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