Xen BTC SRSO Mitigation protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xen and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BTC SRSO Mitigation Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-31142. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xen (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component BTC SRSO Mitigation Handler. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is shared for download at xenbits.xen.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-31142 since 03/28/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213392 (Debian dsa-5836 : libxen-dev - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213392). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 213392
Nessus Name: Debian dsa-5836 : libxen-dev - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

03/28/2024 🔍
04/09/2024 +11 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: XSA-455
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-31142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-31142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-260096

Entryinfo

Created: 04/09/2024 21:00
Updated: 03/28/2025 08:37
Changes: 04/09/2024 21:00 (50), 12/26/2024 21:54 (2), 03/28/2025 08:37 (4)
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