CVE-2017-15595

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15595
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-18 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1181-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4050-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1559-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates CONFIRM support.citrix.com
XSA-240 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xen - Pagetable De-typing Unbounded Recursion - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500819 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504562 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 710266 Gentoo Linux Xen Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14)
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