Denial of service in Xen - CVE-2017-10919
Published: June 21, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7152
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10919
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the host system.
The weakness exists due to missing check. A local attacker can send a software generated interrupt to a vCPU or configure timers and cause the host system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to missing check. A local attacker can send a software generated interrupt to a vCPU or configure timers and cause the host system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10919
Install update from vendor's website.