SB2021012422 - Off-by-one in xen (Alpine package) 



SB2021012422 - Off-by-one in xen (Alpine package)

Published: January 24, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021012422
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29040)

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (stack corruption), cause a data leak, or possibly gain privileges because of an off-by-one error. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incorrect fix for CVE-2020-27671.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.