CVE-2017-15590 Affecting xen package, versions <4.9.0-r6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-XEN-2846096
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15590  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 xen to version 4.9.0-r6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges because MSI mapping was mishandled.