CVE-2017-17044 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102008 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105954 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039878 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5