cve-2018-18883
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-01 00:00
Modified
2024-08-05 11:23
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9.x through 4.11.x, on Intel x86 platforms, allowing x86 HVM and PVH guests to cause a host OS denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact because nested VT-x is not properly restricted.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105817Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042021Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-278.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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