SB2020041906 - Unchecked Return Value in xen (Alpine package)



SB2020041906 - Unchecked Return Value in xen (Alpine package)

Published: April 19, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020041906
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11742)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to introduction of unexpected behavior in the fix for CVE-2017-1213 that caused bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy. A remote user can crash the hypervisor.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.