| Name | CVE-2016-9818 |
| Description | Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at HYP. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xen (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster, buster (security) | 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xen | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.8.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - xen <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - xen <not-affected> (ARM support introduced in 4.4)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html
CVE for fix via patch https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-4.patch