CVE-2020-11740
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CVE-2020-11740 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in xenoprof in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users (without active profiling) to obtain sensitive information about other guests. Unprivileged guests can request to map xenoprof buffers, even if profiling has not been enabled for those guests. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in xenoprof in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users (without active profiling) to obtain sensitive information about other guests. Unprivileged guests can request to map xenoprof buffers, even if profiling has not been enabled for those guests. These buffers were not scrubbed.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | >= 3.2.0, <= 4.13.0 | — |
| Xen | Xen | 4.13.0 | Rc1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 | — |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 30 | — |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 31 | — |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 32 | — |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 | — |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-313.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-313.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-313.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-313.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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