CVE-2020-29479 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-29479: An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. In the Ocaml xenstored implementation, the internal representation of the tree has special cases for the root node, because this node has no parent. Unfortunately, permissions were not checked for certain operations on the root node. Unprivileged guests

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-29479 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

xen→ fixed in4.14.0+88-g1d1d1f5391-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xen
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

xen→ fixed in4.14.0+88-g1d1d1f5391-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xen
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

xen→ fixed in4.14.0+88-g1d1d1f5391-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xen
```

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