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CVE-2018-10472

Published: 27 April 2018

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot.

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

5.6

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
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)
lunar Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6)
noble 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)
xenial Needed

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N