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Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.10.0-r1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424658

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Xen 4.10, new infrastructure was introduced as part of an overhaul to how MSR emulation happens for
 guests. Unfortunately, one tracking structure isn't freed when a vcpu is destroyed. This allows guest OS
 administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by rebooting many times.
 (CVE-2018-5244)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-5244

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424658

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5244

BID: 102433

IAVB: 2018-B-0013-S