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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-221.html | Mailing List Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99157 | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038731 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2017-07-04 18:29
Updated : 2017-11-03 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-10917
Mitre link : CVE-2017-10917
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CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Products Affected
xen
- xen