CVE-2020-11740

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11740
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-14 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in xenoprof in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users (without active profiling) to obtain sensitive information about other guests. Unprivileged guests can request to map xenoprof buffers, even if profiling has not been enabled for those guests. These buffers were not scrubbed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-212

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.13.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.13.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.13.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.13.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: xen-4.11.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xen-4.13.0-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 313 v3 (CVE-2020-11740,CVE-2020-11741) - multiple xenoprof issues MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202005-08) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xen-4.13.0-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: xen-4.11.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
XSA-313 - Xen Security Advisories MISC xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xen-4.12.2-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4723-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
XSA-313 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xen-4.12.2-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0599-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198943 Ubuntu Security Notification for Xen Vulnerabilities (USN-5617-1)
  • 378872 Citrix XenServer Security Updates (CTX270837)
  • 500755 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 500788 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 501174 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504532 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
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