CVE-2019-17340 (GCVE-0-2019-17340)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-08 00:03 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because grant-table transfer requests are mishandled.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-284.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-284.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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