What is the severity of CVE-2018-10472?

The CVE-2018-10472 vulnerability is considered to be of medium severity as it enables x86 HVM guest OS users to read arbitrary dom0 files.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10472?

To fix CVE-2018-10472, upgrade to a version of Xen that is 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 or later, or any of the specified patched versions.

Which versions of Xen are affected by CVE-2018-10472?

CVE-2018-10472 affects Xen versions up to and including 4.10.1.

Can CVE-2018-10472 allow guest OS files to be accessed from dom0?

Yes, CVE-2018-10472 allows x86 HVM guest OS users to read arbitrary dom0 files under certain configurations.

What systems are impacted by CVE-2018-10472?

CVE-2018-10472 impacts Xen installations and specifically Debian GNU/Linux systems running version 9.0 among others.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2018-10472

medium

5.6

CWE

200

27/4/2018

5/8/2024

CVE-2018-10472: Infoleak

First published: Fri Apr 27 2018(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
debian/xen		4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 4.14.6-1 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u1 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1
Xen xen-unstable	<=4.10.1
Debian GNU/Linux	=9.0

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What is the severity of CVE-2018-10472?
The CVE-2018-10472 vulnerability is considered to be of medium severity as it enables x86 HVM guest OS users to read arbitrary dom0 files.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10472?
To fix CVE-2018-10472, upgrade to a version of Xen that is 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 or later, or any of the specified patched versions.
Which versions of Xen are affected by CVE-2018-10472?
CVE-2018-10472 affects Xen versions up to and including 4.10.1.
Can CVE-2018-10472 allow guest OS files to be accessed from dom0?
Yes, CVE-2018-10472 allows x86 HVM guest OS users to read arbitrary dom0 files under certain configurations.
What systems are impacted by CVE-2018-10472?
CVE-2018-10472 impacts Xen installations and specifically Debian GNU/Linux systems running version 9.0 among others.

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