| Name | CVE-2020-11740 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in xenoprof in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users (without active profiling) to obtain sensitive information about other guests. Unprivileged guests can request to map xenoprof buffers, even if profiling has not been enabled for those guests. These buffers were not scrubbed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4723-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xen (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1 | 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 | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| xen | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| xen | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| xen | source | buster | 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1~deb10u1 | | DSA-4723-1 | |
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.11.4-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - xen <end-of-life> (DSA 4602-1)
[jessie] - xen <end-of-life> (Not supported in jessie LTS)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-313.html