Security Notice: Xen Vulnerability, XSA-108, and what you need to know
What is XSA-108?
A vulnerability has been found in Xen’s hypervisor, known (un)affectionately as XSA-108 or CVE-2014-7188. Such a vulnerability could allow a malicious virtual machine to access data relating to other virtual machines, or even the host itself, whilst potentially causing undue load on the host server. Further details can be found here.
Am I vulnerable?
XSA-108 affects x86 systems with Xen hypervisor 4.1 and higher, running HVM guests.
Do I need to act?
You can rest easy; your VPS.NET team have patched all our hypervisor servers, so you’re covered. We take the security of your infrastructure very seriously, and our number one priority is maintaining the stability of your servers. If you want to find out more about the vulnerability, or you have any questions at all regarding this, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our support staff. We’re available around the clock to give you any assistance or reassurance you may need.