CVE-2017-17565

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17565
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 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen 'arch/x86/mm/paging.c' Denial of Service vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
404 - Page not found CONFIRM support.citrix.com
XSA-251 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 251 - improper bug check in x86 log-dirty handling CONFIRM www.openwall.com Mailing List
[SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Xen Log-Dirty Error Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1230-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
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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