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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)	OVMSA-2018-0225	2018-05-29
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2018-0224	2018-05-24
Oracle VM version 3.4 (xen)	OVMSA-2018-0039	2018-05-01

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