CVE-2017-7228

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7228
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-04 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-129

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen - All All All
Operating System Xen Xen - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen 'memory_exchange()' Function Incomplete Fix Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
qubes-secpack/qsb-029-2017.txt at master · QubesOS/qubes-secpack · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Xen - Broken Check in 'memory_exchange()' Permits PV Guest Breakout EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 212 (CVE-2017-7228) - x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout CONFIRM openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3847-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
Project Zero: Pandavirtualization: Exploiting the Xen hypervisor MISC googleprojectzero.blogspot.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Xen XENMEM_exchange Validation Flaw Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
XSA-212 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500814 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504557 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 510417 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
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