SB2017040406 - Information disclosure in Xen
Published: April 4, 2017 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017040406
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7228)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
An 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
- https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/