CVE-2017-10914

The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.

CVSS v3.0 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99411	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038722
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-07-04 18:29

Updated : 2017-11-03 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2017-10914

Mitre link : CVE-2017-10914

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-415

Double Free

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

xen

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