CVE-2017-17563

CVE Details

Release Date:2018-07-30

Description


An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users tocause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.

See more information about CVE-2017-17563 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.9 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)OVMSA-2018-02252018-05-29
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)OVMSA-2018-02242018-05-24
Oracle VM version 3.4 (xen)OVMSA-2018-00392018-05-01



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