CVE-2017-14319

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14319
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-12 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionA grant unmapping issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. When removing or replacing a grant mapping, the x86 PV specific path needs to make sure page table entries remain in sync with other accounting done. Although the identity of the page frame was validated correctly, neither the presence of the mapping nor page writability were taken into account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates CONFIRM support.citrix.com
Xen 'mm.c' Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Xen Grant Unmapping Flaw Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges or Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
XSA-234 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4050-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
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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