CVE-2017-14317

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-14317
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-12 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA domain cleanup issue was discovered in the C xenstore daemon (aka cxenstored) in Xen through 4.9.x. When shutting down a VM with a stubdomain, a race in cxenstored may cause a double-free. The xenstored daemon may crash, resulting in a DoS of any parts of the system relying on it (including domain creation / destruction, ballooning, device changes, etc.).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XSA-233 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Xen Race Condition in 'cxenstored' Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4050-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
Xen CVE-2017-14317 Double Free Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500818 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504561 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen

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