cvelist/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46840.json

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    "data_type": "CVE",
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        "ID": "CVE-2023-46840",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@xen.org",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results\nin logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is\ncompiled out of Xen.\n"
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "n/a"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "Xen",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Xen",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "not down converted",
                                            "x_cve_json_5_version_data": {
                                                "versions": [
                                                    {
                                                        "status": "unknown",
                                                        "version": "consult Xen advisory XSA-450"
                                                    }
                                                ],
                                                "defaultStatus": "unknown"
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-450.html",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-450.html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "configuration": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Xen 4.17 and onwards are vulnerable.  Xen 4.16 and older are not\nvulnerable.\n\nOnly Xen running on x86 platforms with an Intel-compatible VT-d IOMMU is\nvulnerable.  Platforms from other manufacturers, or platforms without a\nVT-d IOMMU are not vulnerable.\n\nOnly systems where PCI devices are passed through to untrusted or\nsemi-trusted guests are vulnerable.  Systems which do not assign PCI\ndevices to untrusted guests are not vulnerable.\n\nXen is only vulnerable when CONFIG_HVM is disabled at build time.  Most\ndeployments of Xen are expected to have CONFIG_HVM enabled at build\ntime, and would therefore not be vulnerable.\n"
        }
    ],
    "work_around": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "There is no mitigation.\n"
        }
    ],
    "credits": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "This issue was discovered by Teddy Astie of Vates\n"
        }
    ]
}