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xen — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11740

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.

Products
xen
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.11.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-11740
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11740

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2020, 13:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11740

xen

Fixed versions: 4.11.4-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.11.4-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.11.4-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11740",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11740",
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:24.996378738Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11740"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452124,
  "published_at": "2020-04-14T13:15:12.767+00:00"
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