CVE-2017-17044

CVE Details

Release Date:

2017-11-28

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.

See more information about CVE-2017-17044 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3 (xen)	OVMSA-2022-0003	2022-01-06
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)	OVMSA-2017-0178	2017-12-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2017-0177	2017-12-13
Oracle VM version 3.4 (xen)	OVMSA-2017-0176	2017-12-13

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