CVE-2017-17565 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102175 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040771 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112 https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-251.html

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.6

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