#VU9447 Memory leak in Xen - CVE-2017-15589
Published: November 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9447
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15589
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project
Xen Project
Description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to hypervisor stack leak in x86 I/O intercept code. An adjacent attacker can write data from uninitialized hypervisor stack memory and read arbitrary information.
The weakness exists due to hypervisor stack leak in x86 I/O intercept code. An adjacent attacker can write data from uninitialized hypervisor stack memory and read arbitrary information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.