SB2017100332 - Fedora 25 update for xen

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SB2017100332 - Fedora 25 update for xen

Published: October 3, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017100332
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13673)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an adjacent authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case split screen mode in the cpu_physical_memory_snapshot_get_dirty function due to assertion failure. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13672)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References