Memory leak in Xen - CVE-2017-15593

 

Memory leak in Xen - CVE-2017-15593

Published: November 29, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9450
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15593
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to mishandling of reference counts. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory leak and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15593

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources