CVE-2017-17563

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17563
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-12 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XSA-249 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 - Page not found CONFIRM support.citrix.com
Xen Shadow Mode Reference Count Flaw Lets Local Guest Users Deny Service and Potentially Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1230-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 249 - broken x86 shadow mode refcount overflow check CONFIRM www.openwall.com Mailing List
Xen 'Hypervisor' Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4112-1 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

  • 710266 Gentoo Linux Xen Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14)
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