Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-12207 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Local network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
xen (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU22712
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12207
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the mechanism responsible for error handling on some Intel platforms. A local user of a guest operating system can use a specially crafted application to trigger memory corruption and cause the host system to stop responding.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Below is the list of processor families that are affected by this vulnerability:
Client:
Server:
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Vulnerable software versionsxen (Alpine package): 4.1.3-r0 - 4.10.4-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b56efe8db5679b569767cee09b45ce5cd04b942d
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7704a01fec21129dc2f13feb032fb39d8b6a9cb2
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=168f974f4f9941c940b1b4a27d1167175018ad92
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1a7ae75cb9ed94f62f9859f8a07a0bc1c5021604
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d9cf7666f5f3aa90dbce9f04bdc7d975284cc530
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.