CVE-2017-10917
Published: 5 July 2017
Xen through 4.8.x does not validate the port numbers of polled event channel ports, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information, aka XSA-221.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Released
(4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.12)
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Released
(4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(4.7.2-0ubuntu1.3)
|
|
zesty |
Released
(4.8.0-1ubuntu2.2)
|
|
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.1 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |