CVE-2018-10981
xen - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-10981
To remediate CVE-2018-10981, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/xen—upgrade to 4.10.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.6.lts1-14 or later
Is CVE-2018-10981 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.10.1-r1
- from 0, < 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6
- from 0, < 4.1.6.lts1-14
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |