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Debian: CVE-2018-10981: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-10981: xen -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/10/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/17/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

References

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