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Debian: DSA-4769-1 Critical: Xen Denial Of Service and Escalation

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Calendar Grey October 2, 2020
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A series of security flaws within the Xen hypervisor could result in both service interruptions and unauthorized access to higher privileges, an in-depth analysis follows.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in denial of service, guest-to-host privilege escalation or information leaks

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor,
which could result in denial of service, guest-to-host privilege
escalation or information leaks.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.11.4+37-g3263f257ca-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

For the detailed security status of xen please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: xen
CVE ID: CVE-2020-25595 CVE-2020-25596 CVE-2020-25597

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