SB2018022720 - Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)
Published: February 27, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022720
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17565)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper assertion related to machine-to-physical (M2P) translation table entries. A remote attacker can cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.