CVE-2017-12136
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-12136 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2017-08-24 14:29:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2019-05-06 12:46:00 UTC |
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| Description | Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Xen Grant Table Allocator Race Condition Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker |
SECTRACK |
www.securitytracker.com |
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| 1477651 – (CVE-2017-12136, xsa228) CVE-2017-12136 xsa228 xen: grant_table: Race conditions with maptrack free list handling (XSA-228) |
MISC |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Xen CVE-2017-12136 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14) — Gentoo security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| XSA-228 - Xen Security Advisories |
CONFIRM |
xenbits.xen.org |
Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates |
CONFIRM |
support.citrix.com |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3969-1 xen |
DEBIAN |
www.debian.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 228 (CVE-2017-12136) - grant_table: Race
conditions with maptrack free list handling |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 500817 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
- 504560 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
- 710266 Gentoo Linux Xen Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14)
