Denial of service in Xen - CVE-2017-17565
Published: February 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10614
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17565
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
Xen
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
xen (Alpine package)
xen
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
xen (Alpine package)
xen
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17565
Install update from vendor's website.
xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.6.6-r3
xen - addressed in versions 4.8.2-9.fc26, 4.9.1-4.fc27
xen - addressed in versions 4.8.2-9.fc26, 4.9.1-4.fc27
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Xen
- Debian update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- OpenSUSE Linux update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- SUSE Linux update for xen
- Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)
- Gentoo update for Xen
- Fedora 27 update for xen
- Fedora 26 update for xen