CVE-2017-10923

Summary

CVECVE-2017-10923
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-05 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionXen through 4.8.x does not validate a vCPU array index upon the sending of an SGI, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash), aka XSA-225.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen 4.6.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.6.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.6.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.6.5 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.8.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.8.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen 'xen/arch/arm/vgic.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Tool Signature, VDB Entry
XSA-225 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Xen ARM Generic Interrupt Controller Array Access Error Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Linux — Error 404 (Not Found) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500816 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504559 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen

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