CVE-2017-17564
First published: Tue Dec 12 2017(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/xen | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 4.14.6-1 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-1 4.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-1 | |
| Xen Xen | <=4.9.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-250.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17564
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102172
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040770
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/tags
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/xen
- canonical/xen xen
- version/xen xen/4.9.1