Because of a logical error in XSA-407 (Branch Type Confusion), the mitigation is not applied properly when it is intended to be used. XSA-434 (Speculative Return Stack Overflow) uses the same infrastructure, so is equally impacted.
For more details, see: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-407.html https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html
Weakness
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | * | 4.15.6 (excluding) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.16.0 (including) | 4.16.6 (excluding) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.17.0 (including) | 4.17.4 (excluding) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.18.0 (including) | 4.18.2 (excluding) |
| Xen | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/107.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/127.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/237.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/36.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/477.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/480.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/51.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/65.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/87.html
References
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D5OK6MH75S7YWD34EWW7QIZTS627RIE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYAZ7P6YFJ2E3FHKAGIKHWS46KYMMTZH/
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-455.html