CVE-2018-10981

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-10 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) in situations where a QEMU device model attempts to make invalid transitions between states of a request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4201-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Xen CVE-2018-10981 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 262 - qemu may drive Xen into unbounded loop CONFIRM openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1383-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
XSA-262 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1559-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500749 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504526 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 710221 Gentoo Linux Xen Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-06)
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