Out-of-bounds Read Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
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- published12 Sept 2017
- disclosed12 Sept 2017
Introduced: 12 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14316 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 xen to version 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
A parameter verification issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. The function alloc_heap_pages allows callers to specify the first NUMA node that should be used for allocations through the memflags parameter; the node is extracted using the MEMF_get_node macro. While the function checks to see if the special constant NUMA_NO_NODE is specified, it otherwise does not handle the case where node >= MAX_NUMNODES. This allows an out-of-bounds access to an internal array.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14316
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX227185
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-231.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100818
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039348
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14316