SB2017091255 - Fedora 27 update for xen
Published: September 12, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14316)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds array access in the processing of NUMA node parameters. An adjacent attacker can invoke specially crafted hypercalls and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14318)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS condition on the host system.
The weakness exists due to NULL pointer deference in certain GNTTABOP_cache_flush grant table operations. If exploited on x86-based PV guest systems without SMAP enabled, an adjacent attacker can gain elevated privileges. If exploited on ARM-based guest systems and x86-based PV guest systems that have SMAP enabled, an adjacent attacker can cause the host system to crash.
3) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14317)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the host system.
The weakness exists due to race condition in cxenstored. An adjacent attacker can shut down a virtual machine with a stubdomain, trigger a double-free memory error and cause the xenstored daemon to crash.
The vulnerability is exploitable on the systems running the C version os xenstored ("xenstored") and running devicemodel stubdomains.
4) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14319)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS condition on the host system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in grant unmapping. A local attacker on an x86 PV guest system can gain elevated privileges on the host system or cause the hypervisor to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.