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CVE-2018-10981

Published: 10 May 2018

An 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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
hypervisor packages are in universe. For
issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate
tags to each section, ex:
Tags_xen: universe-binary

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needed

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
focal Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
jammy Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H