CVE-2019-17340 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Guest OS users can cause denial of service or gain privileges due to mishandled grant-table transfer requests in Xen.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-17340?

CVE-2019-17340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because grant-table transfer requests are mishandled.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17340?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xen Xen.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17340?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-17340 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17340 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-17340, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17340, GHSA-5rr5-4vg6-qw69, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17340.

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