CVE-2018-19967

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19967
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-08 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-17 21:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because Xen does not work around Intel's mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1199-1: important: Recommended upda SUSE lists.opensuse.org
XSA-282 - Xen Security Advisories MISC xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1226-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Xen Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4369-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Citrix XenServer Security Update CONFIRM support.citrix.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500751 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504528 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
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